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Patuxent Research Refuge
Wildlife Reserve
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Piedmont
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Maryland City
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Established in 1936 by executive order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Patuxent Research Refuge is the only National Wildlife Refuge in the United States established to support wildlife research. With land surrounding the Patuxent and Little Patuxent Rivers between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland, the Refuge has grown from the original 2,670 acres (10.8 km2) to its present size of…
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Trails
(21)
FEATURED
Laurel Trail
Attractions
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Visitor Centers
(1)
FEATURED
Patuxent South Tract National Wildlife Visitor Center
Plants
Epigaea repens
SPECIES ·
“May Flower(trailing Arbutus)”, “Trailing Arbutus”
10
Observations
JAN - DEC
Dogtooth Violet
Erythronium americanum (species)
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
Symplocarpus foetidus
SPECIES ·
“Eastern Skunk Cabbage”, “Skunk Cabbage”, “Clumpfoot Cabbage”, “Foetid Pothos”, “Meadow Cabbage”, “Polecat Weed or Swamp Cabbage”
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
Striped Prince’s Pine
Chimaphila maculata (species),
“Spotted Wintergreen”
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
Epifagus virginiana
SPECIES
5
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Northern Cricket Frog
Acris crepitans (species)
16
Observations
JAN - DEC
Bufo Fowleri
Anaxyrus fowleri (species),
“Fowler's Toad”
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
Lithobates clamitans
SPECIES ·
“Green Frog”
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
Painted Turtle
Chrysemys picta (species)
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
Northern Water Snake
Nerodia sipedon (species),
“Lake Erie Water Snake”
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Birds
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis (species),
“Common Cardinal”
6,043
Observations
JAN - DEC
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis (species),
“Lesser Canada Goose”, “Greater Canada Goose”
5,983
Observations
JAN - DEC
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata (species)
5,722
Observations
JAN - DEC
Carolina Chickadee
Poecile carolinensis (species)
5,629
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis (species)
5,618
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Pearl Crescent
Phyciodes tharos (species)
19
Observations
JAN - DEC
Lutzomyia shannoni
SPECIES
19
Observations
JAN - DEC
Libellula deplanata
SPECIES
17
Observations
JAN - DEC
Erynnis juvenalis
SPECIES ·
“Juvenal's Duskywing”
14
Observations
JAN - DEC
Erythemis simplicicollis
SPECIES ·
“Eastern Pondhawk”
13
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Fungi
Artomyces pyxidatus
SPECIES ·
“Clavicorona Pyxidata”
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Stereum ostrea
SPECIES ·
“False Turkey-Tail”
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Xylobolus frustulatus
SPECIES
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Meripilus sumstinei
SPECIES
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Laetiporus sulphureus
SPECIES ·
“Crab-of-the-Woods”, “Chicken-of-the-Woods”, “Sulphur Polypore”, “Sulphur Shelf”
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
49
Protected Area
33
Nature Reserve
3
Wildlife Reserve
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Wildlife Reserve
Patuxent Research Refuge
Patuxent Research Refuge
Patuxent Research Refuge
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