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About New England Flora and Fauna

New England flora and fauna, as naturally evidenced at the Lamba Homestead.

Ambhibians: American Toad.

Fungi: Pear-shaped Puffball, Honey Mushroom.

Insects: Spiders (Rabid Wolf), Grasshoppers, Beetles (Common Black Ground), Field Cricket.

Mammals: Eastern Gray Squirrel, White-tailed Deer, Skunk, Rabbit.

Birds: American Crow, Wild Turkey, Blue Jay.

Trees: Pines (Eastern White), Maples (Red), Oaks (Bur, Pin, White).

Flowers: Pink Lady's Slipper Orchid, Dandelion.

Shrubs: Virginia Creeper, Pokeweed, Canada Yew.

Wood Ferns: Spinulose Wood Fern (Florist's Fern, tripinnate), Ostrich Fern (bipinnate).

Mosses: Haircap Moss, Peat Moss.


Haircap Moss - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Oct. 21, 2007



Pin Oak - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Oct. 21, 2007



Scarlet Oak - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Oct. 21, 2007



White Oak - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Oct. 21, 2007



Eastern White Pine Needle Bundle - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Oct. 21, 2007



Yellow Wood Sorrel - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Oct., 2007



Poison Ivy? - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Oct., 2007



Unidentified (can you help identify this?) - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Oct., 2007



Unidentified (can you help identify this?) - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Oct., 2007



Virginia Creeper - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Oct., 2007



Umbrella Mushroom? - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Oct., 2007



Red Maple Tree - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Oct., 2007



Red Maple Leaf - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Oct., 2007



Eastern White Pine Cone - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Oct., 2007



Scarlet Oak Acorns - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Oct., 2007



Bur Oak Leaf - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Oct., 2007



Pokeweed - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Oct., 2007



Spinulose Wood Fern - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Oct., 2007



Ostrich Fern - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Oct., 2007



Canada Yew - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Oct., 2007



Cocoon - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Jun. 3, 2007



Snow tracks; can you guess the source? - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Mar. 2007



Crows - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Dec. 2006



Woolly Bear Caterpillar Moth - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Oct. 22, 2006



Wild Turkeys - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Oct. 8, 2006


Mushrooms: The appearance of mushrooms is said to indicate the start of the fall/autumn season.


Mushroom A (Chanterelle Family) - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Sep. 2006



Mushroom B - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Sep. 2006



Mushroom C - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Sep. 2006



Mushroom D (Puffball Family) - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Sep. 2006



Mushroom E (Amanita Family) - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Sep. 2006



Mushroom F - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Sep. 2006


Spiders:


Spider A (Wolf Spider Family), with egg - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Jun. 3, 2007



Spider B (Wolf Spider Family) - Lamba Homestead, Greater Boston Area - Aug. 2006


Links:

  • Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia)
  • Vanderbilt Bioimages
  • University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Herbarium
  • eFloras.org
  • National Audubon Society