Living in this little Eden are:
Wildflowers: millions of Trout Lilies, Mayapples, Virginia Bluebells, Jack-in the-Pulpits, Jewelweed, skunk cabbage, false Solomon’s seal, Solomon’s seal, violets, Christmas Ferns, wood ferns, Maidenhair ferns, pokeweed and elderberry.
Trees: Oak, Maple, Black Locust, mature Black Cherry, Ash, Mulberry, Magnolia, Hemlock, mature Eastern White Pine nesting site for a Cooper's Hawk, River Birch, Sycamore, American Holly, Sassafrass, Walnut, Tulip Poplar, Sweet gum, Fir, Catalpa, Red Bud, Willow, Serviceberry, Box Elder.
Shrubs: Spicebush essential larval food for Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly, Choke Cherry, Serviceberry
Animals
Birds: 5 species of woodpeckers (Hairy Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Piliated Woodpecker, Red Bellied Woodpecker, American Flicker), Cardinals, Chickadees, White-Breasted Nuthatch, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Crows, Wood Thrush, Pine siskins, Goldfinches, Blue Jays, duck nesting site, Northern Saw-whet Owl,
Amphibians: salamanders, wood frogs, Spring Peepers
Reptiles: wood turtles and garter snakes
Mammals: White tailed deer, opossum, racoon, rabbit, black bear, gray squirrels, chipmunks, Brown Bats, mink, muskrat, skunk and ground hog.
Insects: dragonflies, damselflies, fireflies, butterflies,
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