Merrimac Farm Master Naturalist Program

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Plants

Wetlands class, November 13 Species list compiled by Judy Gallagher, map by Emilie Selbo Route we traveled through Merrimac Farm WMA View Larger Map Plants and animals we noticed along the way:
Grasses Sweet Woodreed Indian Grass Little Bluestem Tall Fescue Sedges Carex sp. Trees and Shrubs PawPaw American Chestnut American Beech Willow Oak Elm Pin Oak Black Gum Red Maple Sycamore Willow Hickory Maple-leaf Viburnum Arrowwood Viburnum Blackhaw Viburnum Winterberry Holly Autumn Olive Coralberry	Wildflowers Crimson Eyed Hibiscus Water Horehound Solidago spp. (Goldenrod) Asters Small Flower Agrimony False Nettle Vines Poison Ivy Butterflies Common Buckeye Orange Sulphur Birds Bald Eagle
Ornithology class, Sept. 11 2010 Species list compiled by Judy Gallagher
Birds Seen Red-bellied Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Blackburnian or Magnolia Warbler American Redstart Black and White Warbler Worm-eating Warbler White-breasted Nuthatch Cedar Waxwing Yellow-throated Vireo Red-eyed Vireo unidentified Flycatcher Eastern Bluebird American Goldfinch Carolina Chickadee	Birds heard American Robin Red-shouldered Hawk White-eyed Vireo Eastern Towhee Northern Cardinal Tufted Titmouse Insects Carolina Wolf Spider Monarch (female) Ichneumon wasp Reptiles & Amphibians Fowler's Toad Box Turtle Other species Bass