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Southern New England Coastal Plains and Hills

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The Southern New England Coastal Plains and Hills ecoregion covers much of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and southeastern Massachusetts, and is diverse in its characteristics and habitats. The landforms of the ecoregion are irregular plains with low hills and some open high hills with relief of about 100 to 400 feet. Elevations range up to about 1000 feet, with the highest elevations found in western Connecticut. Bedrock types are mostly granites, schist, and gneiss, although some soft marble occurs in western Connecticut. Surface materials are mostly glacial till, with some stratified deposits in valleys. Soil patterns are complex and heterogeneous where the numerous, small, till-covered bedrock hills rise above the valleys and general level of outwash. Coarse-loamy and sandy, mesic Inceptisols and some Entisols are typical. Historically, forests were dominated by a mix of oaks, American chestnut, hickories, other hardwoods, and some hemlock and white pine. As with many other areas of New England, these forests were cleared, either for agriculture and grazing or for the production of charcoal. A variety of dry to mesic successional oak and oak-pine forests cover the region today, along with some elm, ash, and red maple that are typical of southern New England’s forested wetlands.

— EPA

Honey Locust Gleditsia triacanthos (species), “Sweet-Locust”, “Three-Thorn-Acacia”, “Sweet-Bean”

46,469 Observations

Callery Pear Pyrus calleryana (species)

27,076 Observations

London Planetree Platanus hybrida (species)

19,486 Observations

Maidenhair Tree Ginkgo biloba (species), “Ginkgo Tree”, “Silver Apricot”, “Ginkgo”

18,893 Observations

Pin Oak Quercus palustris (species)

17,729 Observations

Eastern Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis (species), “Grey Squirrel”, “Gray Squirrel”

198 Observations

White-Tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus (species), “Dama Virginiana”, “Odocoileus Spelaeus”, “Key Deer”, “Key Deer Toy Deer”

90 Observations

American Toad Anaxyrus americanus (species)

74 Observations

Lithobates clamitans SPECIES · “Green Frog”

59 Observations

Red-Backed Salamander Plethodon cinereus (species), “Eastern Red-Backed Salamander”, “Red Back Salamander”

52 Observations

Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata (species)

243,906 Observations

Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis (species), “Common Cardinal”

225,564 Observations

American Robin Turdus migratorius (species)

222,455 Observations

Black-Capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus (species), “Parus Atricapillus”, “Poecile Atricapilla”

197,291 Observations

Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura (species), “American Mourning Dove”, “Rain Dove”, “Carolina Pigeon”, “Carolina Turtledove”, “Zenaidura Caroliensis”, “Zenaidura Macroura Caroliensis”

194,056 Observations

Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus (species), “Monarch”, “Milkweed”, “Common Tiger”, “Wanderer”, “Black Veined Brown”, “Common Tiger Wanderer”

1,098 Observations

Bombus impatiens SPECIES · “Common Eastern Bumblebee”

122 Observations

Harmonia axyridis SPECIES · “Harlequin Ladybird”, “Harlequin”

108 Observations

Bombus griseocollis SPECIES · “Brown-Belted Bumblebee”

75 Observations

Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis (species)

63 Observations

Mortierella GENUS

829 Observations

Cystofilobasidium GENUS

770 Observations

Derxomyces GENUS

755 Observations

Ramicandelaber GENUS

639 Observations

Phymatotrichopsis GENUS

613 Observations

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Southern New England Coastal Plains and Hills

Southern New England Coastal Plains and Hills

Southern New England Coastal Plains and Hills