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Adirondack High Peaks
Ecoregion
in
Adirondack Mountains
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Adirondack Park
in
NY
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The Adirondack High Peaks ecoregion occurs in the northeastern portion of the Adirondack Mountains where there is a high concentration of mountain peaks over 3000 feet. Ecoregion 58z covers the mid-elevation portions of the high mountains to 2800 feet; the subalpine and alpine areas above 2800 feet are described in the Upper Montane/Alpine Zone (58j). The prominent peaks are composed of igneous, erosion-resistant anorthosite dating from the Precambrian era. The orographic lifting of clouds beginning at the Tug Hill Plateau (58ae) in the west creates a swath of high precipitation over the
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Plants
Hobblebush
Viburnum lantanoides (species)
12
Observations
JAN - DEC
Painted Trillium
Trillium undulatum (species)
10
Observations
JAN - DEC
Bunchberry Dogwood
Cornus canadensis (species),
“Bunchberry”
9
Observations
JAN - DEC
Clintonia borealis
SPECIES ·
“Bluebead”
8
Observations
JAN - DEC
Striped Maple
Acer pensylvanicum (species),
“Moosewood”, “Moose Maple”
8
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Common Garter Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis (species)
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Toad
Anaxyrus americanus (species)
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Lithobates clamitans
SPECIES ·
“Green Frog”
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Eastern Chipmunk
Tamias striatus (species),
“Eastern American Chipmunk”
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
White-Tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus (species),
“Dama Virginiana”, “Odocoileus Spelaeus”, “Key Deer”, “Key Deer Toy Deer”
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Birds
Black-Capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus (species),
“Parus Atricapillus”, “Poecile Atricapilla”
2,849
Observations
JAN - DEC
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata (species)
2,145
Observations
JAN - DEC
Red-Breasted Nuthatch
Sitta canadensis (species)
1,722
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Robin
Turdus migratorius (species)
1,465
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos (species)
1,354
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Monarch Butterfly
Danaus plexippus (species),
“Monarch”, “Milkweed”, “Common Tiger”, “Wanderer”, “Black Veined Brown”, “Common Tiger Wanderer”
79
Observations
JAN - DEC
Stigmella betulicola
SPECIES
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Lype diversa
SPECIES
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Treble-Bar
Aplocera plagiata (species)
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Lethe anthedon
SPECIES
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Fungi
Harrya chromapes
SPECIES
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Umbilicaria mammulata
SPECIES ·
“Navel Lichen”
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Orange Mock Oyster
Phyllotopsis nidulans (species)
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Fomitopsis mounceae
SPECIES
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Coltricia perennis
SPECIES
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
49
Ecoregion
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Ecoregion
Adirondack High Peaks
Adirondack High Peaks
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