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Eastern Tiger Salamander | Ambystoma tigrinum |
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Spring Salamander | Gyrinophilus porphyriticus |
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Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander | Desmognathus ochrophaeus |
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Fowler's Toad | Anaxyrus fowleri |
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Jefferson Salamander | Ambystoma jeffersonianum |
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Northern Cricket Frog | Acris crepitans |
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Northern Dusky Salamander | Desmognathus fuscus |
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Small-mouthed Salamander | Ambystoma texanum |
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Passenger Pigeon | Ectopistes migratorius |
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Greater Prairie-Chicken | Tympanuchus cupido |
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Acadian Flycatcher | Empidonax virescens |
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Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
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Henslow's Sparrow | Ammodramus henslowii |
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King Rail | Rallus elegans |
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Loggerhead Shrike | Lanius ludovicianus |
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Northern Bobwhite | Colinus virginianus |
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Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea |
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Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens virens |
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Cerulean Warbler | Dendroica cerulea |
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Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica |
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Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis |
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Whip-poor-will | Caprimulgus vociferus |
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Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus alascanus |
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Black Tern | Chlidonias niger |
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Canada Warbler | Cardellina canadensis | |
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Common Nighthawk | Chordelies minor |
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Golden-winged Warbler | Vermicora chrysoptera |
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Louisiana Waterthrush | Seiurus motacilla |
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Red-headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus |
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Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus |
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Atlantic Salmon (Lake Ontario Population) | Salmo salar |
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Blue Pike | Sander vitreus glaucus |
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Kiyi (Lake Ontario Population) | Coregonus kiyi orientalis |
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Gravel Chub | Erimystax x-punctatus |
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Paddlefish | Polyodon spathula |
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American Eel | Anguilla rostrata |
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Eastern Sand Darter | Ammocrypta pellucida |
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Northern Madtom | Noturus stigmosus |
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Pugnose Shiner | Notropis anogenus |
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Redside Dace | Clinostomus elongatus |
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Shortnose Cisco | Coregonus reighardi |
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Black Redhorse | Moxostoma duquesnei |
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Channel Darter | Percina copelandi |
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Lake Chubsucker | Erimyzon sucetta |
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Pugnose Minnow | Opsopoeodus emiliae |
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Silver Chub | Macrhybopsis storeriana |
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Spotted Gar | Lepisosteus oculatus |
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Blackstripe Topminnow | Fundulus notatus |
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Bridle Shiner | Notropis bifrenatus |
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Grass Pickerel | Esox americanus vermiculatus |
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Kiyi (Upper Great Lakes Population) | Coregonus kiyi kiyi |
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Lake Sturgeon | Acipenser fulvescens |
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Northern Brook Lamprey | Ichthyomyzon fossor |
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Silver Shiner | Notropis photogenis |
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Spotted Sucker | Minytrema melanops |
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Warmouth | Lepomis gulosus |
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Eastern Persius Duskywing | Erynnis persius persius |
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Frosted Elfin | Callophrys irus |
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Karner Blue | Lycaeides melissa samuelis |
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Aweme Borer Moth | Papaipema aweme |
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Rapids Clubtail | Gomphus quadricolor | |
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Monarch Butterfly | Danaus plexippus |
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West Virginia White | Artogeia virginiensis |
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Eastern Elk | Cervus elaphus canadensis |
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American Badger | Taxidea taxus |
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Grey Fox | Urocyon cinereoargenteus |
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Eastern Mole | Scalopus aquaticus |
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Woodland Vole | Microtis pinetorum |
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Eastern Pondmussel | Ligumia nasuta | |
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Fawnsfoot | Truncilla donaciformis | |
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Kidneyshell | Ptychobranchus fasciolaris |
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Mudpuppy Mussel | Simpsonaias ambigua |
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Northern Riffleshell | Epioblasma torulosa rangiana |
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Rayed Bean | Villosa fabalis |
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Round Hickorynut | Obovaria subrotunda |
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Round Pigtoe | Pleurobema sintoxia |
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Snuffbox | Epioblasma triquetra |
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Wavy-rayed Lampmussel | Lampsilis fasciola |
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Mapleleaf Mussel | Quadrula quadrula |
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Rainbow Mussel | Villosa iris |
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Illinois Tick-trefoil | Desmodium illinoense |
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Incurved Grizzled Moss | Pytchomitrium incurvum | |
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Spring Blue-eyed Mary | Collinsia verna |
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American Chestnut | Castanea dentata |
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American Columbo | Frasera caroliniensis |
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American Ginseng | Panax quinquefolius |
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Bent Spike-rush | Eleocharis geniculata | |
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Bird's Foot Violet | Viola pedata |
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Butternut | Juglans cinerea |
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Cherry Birch | Betula lenta |
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Cucumber Tree | Magnolia acuminata |
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Drooping Trillium | Trillium flexipes |
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Eastern Flowering Dogwood | Cornus florida |
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Eastern Prairie Fringed-orchid | Platanthera leucophaea |
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Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus | Opuntia humifusa |
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False Hop Sedge | Carex lupuliformis |
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Few-flowered Club-rush | Trichophorum planifolium |
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Gattinger's Agalinis | Agalinis gattingeri |
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Heart-leaved Plantain | Plantago cordata |
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Hoary Mountain Mint | Pycnanthemum incanum |
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Horsetail Spike-rush | Eleocharis equisetoides |
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Large Whorled Pogonia | Isotria verticillata |
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Nodding Pogonia | Triphora trianthophora |
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Ogden's Pondweed | Potamogeton ogdenii | |
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Pink Milkwort | Polygala incarnata |
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Red Mulberry | Morus rubra |
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Scarlet Ammannia | Ammannia Robusta |
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Showy Goldenrod | Solidago speciosa |
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Skinner's Agalinis | Agalinis skinneriana |
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Slender Bush Clover | Lespedeza virginica |
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Small White Lady's-slipper | Cypripedium candidum |
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Small Whorled Pogonia | Isotria medeoloides |
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Spoon-leaved Moss | Bryoandersonia illecebra |
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Spotted Wintergreen | Chimaphila maculata |
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Toothcup | Rotala ramosior |
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Virginia Goat's-rue | Tephrosia virginiana |
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White Prairie Gentian | Gentiana alba |
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Wood Poppy | Stylophorum diphyllum |
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American Water-willow | Justicia americana |
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Colicroot | Aletris farinosa |
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Common Hoptree | Ptelea trifoliata |
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Crooked-Stem Aster | Symphyotrichum prenanthoides |
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Deerberry | Vaccinium stamineum |
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Dense Blazing Star | Liatris spicata |
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Dwarf Hackberry | Celtis tenuifolia |
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False Rue-anemone | Enemion biternatum |
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Goldenseal | Hydrastis canadensis |
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Kentucky Coffeetree | Gymnocladus dioica |
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Pitcher's Thistle | Cirsium pitcheri |
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Purple Twayblade | Liparis liliifolia |
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Round-leaved Greenbrier | Smilax rotundifolia |
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Small-flowered Lipocarpha | Lipocarpha micrantha |
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White Wood Aster | Eurybia divaricata |
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Wild Hyacinth | Camassia scilloides |
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Willowleaf Aster | Symphyotrichum praealtum |
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Blue Ash | Fraxinus quadrangulata |
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Broad Beech Fern | Phegopteris hexagonoptera |
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Climbing Prairie Rose | Rosa setigera |
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Green Dragon | Arisaema dracontium |
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Hart's-tongue Fern | Asplenium scolopendrium |
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Hill's Pondweed | Potamogeton hillii | |
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Pygmy Pocket Moss | Fissidens exilis | |
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Riddell's Goldenrod | Solidago riddellii |
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Shumard Oak | Quercus shumardii |
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Swamp Rose Mallow | Hibiscus moscheutos |
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Tuberous Indian-plantain | Arnoglossum plantagineum |
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Blue Racer | Coluber constrictor foxi |
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Butler's Garter Snake | Thamnophis butleri |
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Gray Ratsnake | Pantherophis spiloides |
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Lake Erie Water Snake | Nerodia sipedon insularum |
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Spotted Turtle | Clemmys guttata |
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Timber Rattlesnake | Crotalus horridus horridus |
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Wood Turtle | Glyptemys insculpta |
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Blanding's Turtle | Emydoidea blandingii |
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Eastern Fox Snake | Pantherophis gloydi |
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Eastern Hog-nosed Snake | Heterodon platyrhinos |
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Eastern Musk Turtle | Sternotherus odoratus |
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Massasauga Rattlesnake | Sistrurus catenatus catenatus |
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Queensnake | Regina septemvittata |
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Spiny Softshell | Apalone spinifera spinifera |
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Milksnake | Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum |
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Snapping Turtle | Chelydra serpentina |
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