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Central Maine Embayment
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The Central Maine Embayment is a diverse region of rolling plains with hills and some high hills. It has a complex geologic mix of bedrock, with large areas of metamorphosed pelite, sandstone, and limestone/dolostone, some granitic intrusives, along with other metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks. Glaciomarine sediments of silt, clay, sand, and gravel cover many of the flatter lower elevations, deposits formed from marine submergence of lowland areas, or where glacial meltwater streams entered the sea. Some broader river valleys and associated alluvial deposition occur in the region such as the Androscoggin and Kennebec. A few areas of wet
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Plants
Onoclea sensibilis
SPECIES ·
“Sensitive Fern”
44
Observations
JAN - DEC
Jasmine Nightshade
Solanum dulcamara (species),
“Woody Nightshade”, “Bittersweet”
43
Observations
JAN - DEC
Virginia Creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (species)
43
Observations
JAN - DEC
Chelidonium majus
SPECIES ·
“Greater Celandine”, “Celandine”, “Swallowwort”, “Nipplewort”, “Tetterwort”
34
Observations
JAN - DEC
Highbush Blueberries
Vaccinium angustifolium (species),
“Lowbush Blueberry”
34
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Common Snapping Turtle
Chelydra serpentina (species),
“North American Snapping Turtle”, “Snapping Turtle”
24
Observations
JAN - DEC
Lithobates sylvaticus
SPECIES ·
“Wood Frog”
18
Observations
JAN - DEC
Spotted Salamander
Ambystoma maculatum (species)
12
Observations
JAN - DEC
Eastern Chipmunk
Tamias striatus (species),
“Eastern American Chipmunk”
12
Observations
JAN - DEC
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis (species),
“Grey Squirrel”, “Gray Squirrel”
12
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Birds
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos (species)
50,537
Observations
JAN - DEC
Black-Capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus (species),
“Parus Atricapillus”, “Poecile Atricapilla”
49,137
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis (species)
42,458
Observations
JAN - DEC
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata (species)
41,684
Observations
JAN - DEC
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura (species),
“American Mourning Dove”, “Rain Dove”, “Carolina Pigeon”, “Carolina Turtledove”, “Zenaidura Caroliensis”, “Zenaidura Macroura Caroliensis”
39,294
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Monarch Butterfly
Danaus plexippus (species),
“Monarch”, “Milkweed”, “Common Tiger”, “Wanderer”, “Black Veined Brown”, “Common Tiger Wanderer”
46
Observations
JAN - DEC
Bombus impatiens
SPECIES ·
“Common Eastern Bumblebee”
39
Observations
JAN - DEC
Bombus ternarius
SPECIES ·
“Tricolored Bumble Bee”
14
Observations
JAN - DEC
Harmonia axyridis
SPECIES ·
“Harlequin Ladybird”, “Harlequin”
11
Observations
JAN - DEC
Two-Spotted Bumble Bee
Bombus bimaculatus (species)
7
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Fungi
Polyporus michelii
SPECIES
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
Boletus suberosus
SPECIES
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
Phallus ravenelii
SPECIES
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Purple-gilled Laccaria
Laccaria ochropurpurea (species)
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Hericium americanum
SPECIES
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
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Ecoregion
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Ecoregion
Central Maine Embayment
Central Maine Embayment
Central Maine Embayment
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