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Convallaria majalis (Lily of the valley)

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Convallaria majalis (Lily of the valley)

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Kingdom: Plants
Phylum: Vascular plant
The Convallaria majalis is a tiny white flower that is extremely fragrant during the spring. The plant's leaves serve as a ground cover during the spring and summer. The word "Convallaria" comes from the Latin word "convallis" that means valley.

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Close-up image of the Convallaria majalis 

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Close-up image of the Convallaria majalis 

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Hundreds of Convallaria majalis bloom beneath pine trees in my yard during early May. 

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Hundreds of Convallaria majalis bloom beneath pine trees in my yard during early May. 

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Kingdom: Plants
Phylum: Vascular plant
The Lamprocapnos spectabilis has flowers that look like bleeding hearts. After it flowers, it gradually wilts and dies back to the ground by the end of summer.

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Lamprocapnos spectabilis close-up view showing the flowers that look like bleeding hearts.

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Lamprocapnos spectabilis close-up view showing the flowers that look like bleeding hearts.

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This Lamprocapnos spectabilis was photographed in my yard during the spring. 

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This Lamprocapnos spectabilis was photographed in my yard during the spring. 

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Paeonia lactiflora (Chinese peony or common garden peony)

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Paeonia lactiflora (Chinese peony or common garden peony)

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Kingdom: Plants
Phylum: Vascular plant
The peony plants attract ants during the spring when the flowers are blooming because they are attracted to the buds sweet nectar. In the fall, the plant will wither and die, in the spring it begins again as shoots emerging from the Earth.

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Paeonia lactiflora (Chinese peony or common garden peony).JPG

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Paeonia lactiflora closeup (Chinese peony or common garden peony)

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This Paeonia lactiflora bush is located in my yard and only blooms in the spring.

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This Paeonia lactiflora bush is located in my yard and only blooms in the spring.

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Kingdom: Plants
Phylum: Vascular plant
This plant is a hybrid of three different types of rhododendron plants that was created during the 1930s. It is an early blooming rhododendron.

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The PJM rhododendron in full bloom during early May.

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A close-up photograph of the Rhododendron ericaceae flower.

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A close-up photograph of the Rhododendron ericaceae flower.

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This example of a ericaceae was pictured in my front yard.

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Kingdom: Plants
Phylum: Vascular plant
Some people think this is a wild flower and to others it is a weed. It grows in fields and along roadsides throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania in late summer and early fall. Golden rod spreads aggressively and is considered an invasive species outside of native area.

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This example of Solidago canadensis was photographed along the edge of my family's property.

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Kingdom: Plants
Phylum: Coniferophyta
A well lived white pine tree normally attains a life span of about 200 years and may possibly reach 450 years.

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This is a picture of a Pinus stobus L. that is located in my backyard.

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This is a picture of a Pinus stobus L. that is located in my backyard.

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Kingdom: Plants
Phylum: Vascular plant
The forsythia belongs to the same family as the olive and its flowers are edible and can be used to make tea or syrups.

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A close-up of the Forsythia viridissima's leaves. 

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A close-up of the Forsythia viridissima's leaves. 

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The flowers of the Forsythia viridissima.

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The flowers of the Forsythia viridissima.

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This picture of a Forsythia viridissima was taken at the fence division between my house and my neighbor's house.

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This picture of a Forsythia viridissima was taken at the fence division between my house and my neighbor's house.

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Kingdom: Plants
Phylum: Vascular plant
The leaves and flowers if the Amoria repens are eaten by many types of animals like voles, the white-tail deer, and the American robin.

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Close-up of the Amoria repens showing three leaves.

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Our water comes from a well. My parent's don't want to add weed killer to our water table so weeds grow in our grass. This Amoria repens grows everywhere on our property.

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Kingdom: Plants
Phylum: Vascular plant
This evergreen shrub is a female variety and has bright red berries in the fall and winter. Cross pollination is necessary with a male variety that should be in the vicinity in order for berries to grow.

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Close-up of a Ilex cornuta during the October with red berries.

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Close-up of a Ilex cornuta during the October with red berries.

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Ilex cornuta (China Girl holly) close up.JPG

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This Ilex cornuta is located in my front yard. This plants leaves and berries are commonly used to decorate for Christmas. 

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This Ilex cornuta is located in my front yard. This plants leaves and berries are commonly used to decorate for Christmas. 

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Kingdom: Plants
Phylum: Vascular plant
The Acer saccharum can become 50 to 70 feet tall and is a hardwood used for building construction.

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Here is a close-up of Acer saccharum's leaves.

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Here is the location of a very old silver maple tree behind my house.

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Kingdom: Animal
Phylum: Chordate
Female bears give birth to two or three cubs that are born blind and during the winter, leaving the cubs helpless and the mothers very protective.

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This picture shows one of the many bear (Ursus americanus) that frequently visit my grandmother's bird feeders.

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This picture shows one of the many bear (Ursus americanus) that frequently visit my grandmother's bird feeders.

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Kingdom: Animal
Phylum: Chordate
There are 25 species of chipmunks. Surprisingly, 24 of them live in North America. Only one of them is found on another continent, Asia, in Siberia.

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This is a picture of a Tamias striatus that was fished out of my grandparents pool in Larksville, PA after almost drowning.

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This is a picture of a Tamias striatus that was fished out of my grandparents pool in Larksville, PA after almost drowning.

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Kingdom: Animal
Phylum: Arthropod
Daddy-long legs don't have venom and cannot make webs.

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I took this picture of a Pholcidae that was on a wall in my house. 

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I took this picture of a Pholcidae that was on a wall in my house. 

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Phasianus colchicus (ring necked pheasant)

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Phasianus colchicus (ring necked pheasant)

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Kingdom: Animal
Phylum: Chordate
Ring necked pheasants are able to go several days without eating if the weather is very bad.

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This picture of a Phasianus colchicus was found eating the birdseed that was spread on the ground in the front yard.

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This picture of a Phasianus colchicus was found eating the birdseed that was spread on the ground in the front yard.

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Kingdom: Animal
Phylum: Chordate
Sheep have rectangular pupils the give them amazing peripheral vision of about 270 - 320 degrees while humans average at about 155 degrees.

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This Ovis aries lives at The Land at Hillside Farms where a sheep sheering event takes place every year.

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Kingdom: Animal
Phylum: Chordate
I have noticed that the deer in my community are very aware of their surroundings and look both ways before crossing roads. The adults tend to wait for cars to pass, while the young are more impulsive and dart right out into the street with little concern.

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I saw this Odocoileus virginianus walking in my yard with its family from the Huntsville Reservoir. 

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I saw this Odocoileus virginianus walking in my yard with its family from the Huntsville Reservoir. 

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 Notophthalmus viridescens (Common Newt) 

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 Notophthalmus viridescens (Common Newt) 

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Kingdom: Animal
Phylum: Chordate
The common newt protects itself from other predators, like mice, by producing tetrodotoxin that makes the newt unpalatable.

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I found these Notophthalmus viridescens at a summer camp I attended at the Lacawac Sanctuary of Research.

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I found these Notophthalmus viridescens at a summer camp I attended at the Lacawac Sanctuary of Research.

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Kingdom: Animal
Phylum: Chordate
The average lifespan of a largemouth bass is about 16 years, but they have been known to live more than 20 years.

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I caught this Micropterus salmoides at my friends stocked pond in Honesdale.

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I caught this Micropterus salmoides at my friends stocked pond in Honesdale.

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Kingdom: Animal
Phylum: Chordate
Coyotes can run up to 40 miles an hour.

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I saw this Canis latrans prowling through the fields on top of Larksville Mountain.

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I saw this Canis latrans prowling through the fields on top of Larksville Mountain.

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Kingdom: Animal
Phylum: Chordate
Mallard ducks prefer freshwater that is both shallow and calm

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This Anas platyrhynchos was spotted in a puddle this summer in Larksville, PA.

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This Anas platyrhynchos was spotted in a puddle this summer in Larksville, PA.