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Midcoast
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Less developed than Ecoregion 59f to the south, the Midcoast ecoregion of Maine is an indented shoreline type of coast, or “drowned coast”, with long, narrow, rocky peninsulas and intervening deep, narrow estuaries. North-striking metasedimentary rocks occur with deep glacially scoured valleys. Eroding bluffs of glaciomarine clay provide sediments in the sheltered embayments to form extensive mud flats and salt marshes. Many riverine and estuarine wetlands occur here. Merrymeeting Bay is the largest freshwater tidal bay north of the Chesapeake in the eastern U.S., and provides important waterfowl habitat. The coastal waters of the ecoregion are the northern limit for some marine invertebrates, such as the American oyster and quahog clam. The Camden Hills area, including peaks such as Mt. Megunticook overlooking Penobscot Bay, contains some of the highest hills along the Maine coast, outside of Mount Desert Island in Ecoregion 82g. Forests of beech, birch, maple, red oak, and white pine occur. Pitch pine also grows here on isolated coastal bluffs. It has much less maritime spruce-fir forest than Ecoregion 82g to the east. With a transitional nature to the vegetation, the region has the highest woody species richness in Maine; several southern New England woody species reach their northern range limit here, and some northern species reach their southern range limit.
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Plants
Cinnamon Rose
Rosa rugosa (species),
“Japanese Rose”, “Rugosa Rose”
30
Observations
JAN - DEC
Onoclea sensibilis
SPECIES ·
“Sensitive Fern”
24
Observations
JAN - DEC
Jasmine Nightshade
Solanum dulcamara (species),
“Woody Nightshade”, “Bittersweet”
24
Observations
JAN - DEC
Common Lilac
Syringa vulgaris (species),
“Lilac”
21
Observations
JAN - DEC
Canada Mayflower
Maianthemum canadense (species)
21
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Eastern Chipmunk
Tamias striatus (species),
“Eastern American Chipmunk”
11
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Toad
Anaxyrus americanus (species)
10
Observations
JAN - DEC
Lithobates clamitans
SPECIES ·
“Green Frog”
9
Observations
JAN - DEC
White-Tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus (species),
“Dama Virginiana”, “Odocoileus Spelaeus”, “Key Deer”, “Key Deer Toy Deer”
9
Observations
JAN - DEC
Painted Turtle
Chrysemys picta (species)
8
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Birds
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos (species)
56,094
Observations
JAN - DEC
Black-Capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus (species),
“Parus Atricapillus”, “Poecile Atricapilla”
49,612
Observations
JAN - DEC
European Herring Gull
Larus argentatus (species),
“Herring Gull”
44,719
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis (species)
42,218
Observations
JAN - DEC
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia (species)
38,833
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Monarch Butterfly
Danaus plexippus (species),
“Monarch”, “Milkweed”, “Common Tiger”, “Wanderer”, “Black Veined Brown”, “Common Tiger Wanderer”
402
Observations
JAN - DEC
Bombus impatiens
SPECIES ·
“Common Eastern Bumblebee”
27
Observations
JAN - DEC
Feniseca tarquinius
SPECIES ·
“Harvester”
24
Observations
JAN - DEC
Bombus terricola
SPECIES ·
“Yellow-Banded Bumblebee”
9
Observations
JAN - DEC
Common Whitetail
Plathemis lydia (species),
“Common Whitetail or Long-Tailed Skimmer”
8
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Fungi
Ramariopsis kunzei
SPECIES
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Acrodontium crateriforme
SPECIES
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Paraphaeosphaeria
GENUS
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Umbilicaria mammulata
SPECIES ·
“Navel Lichen”
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Lobaria pulmonaria
SPECIES ·
“Lungwort”, “Lung Lichen”
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
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Ecoregion
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Ecoregion
Midcoast
Midcoast
Midcoast
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