Amber Darter (Percina antesella)
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The amber darter is a small perch-like fish usually less than 2.5 inches (6 cm) long with a series of dark blotches along the sides and four dark "saddles" along the back It is a golden to brown color on the back, amber or yellowish along the middle of th...
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American Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus anatum)
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This fast-flying bird of prey is about the size of a crow - a foot and a half long (0.5 m). In flight, it has a 3.5 foot (1.1 m) pointed wingspread. At rest, the bird has a heavy-shouldered, tapering look. Adult falcons are dark, slate gray above. The hea...
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Bachman's Warbler (Vermivora bachmanii)
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Bachman's warbler is the rarest native songbird in the United States. This tiny bird is about four inches long (10.2 cm). The male is yellow below and dark olive green above with a black bib and cap. The female is yellow below and olive above and is diffi...
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Black-spored Quillwort (Isoetes melanospora)
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Aquatic plant 3-8 centimeters (1.2-3.2in) tall that reproduces by spores. Has five to 10 pointed, stiff and needle-like leaves, about 5-7 centimeters (2-2.8 in) long and 1 millimeter (0.04 in) wide. Leaves have light green tops that yellow toward the base...
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Canby Dropwort (Oxypolis canbyi)
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Hollow perennial with a slender stem up to 1.5 meters (5 ft) tall. Smells like dill. Has an underground network of deeply buried, narrow, cord-like stems. Stem base is purplish-pink.
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Chaffseed (Schwalbea americana)
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Herbaceous perennial that stands stiffly erect with very hairy, usually unbranched stems about 30 - 60 centimeters (12 - 24 in) tall. Entire, simple leaves with no leaf stalks. Leaves are 2 - 5 centimeters (0.8 - 2 in) long and 0.8 centimeters (0.32 in) w...
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Conasauga Logperch (Percina Jenkinski)
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Sometimes called the reticulate logperch, the Conasauga logperch is a relatively large darter that can exceed 6 inches in length (15 cm). This species is characterized by narrow, dark vertical stripes over a straw to dull olive body. It also has a long po...
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Cooley Meadow-rue (Thalictrum cooleyi)
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Perennial with an erect but leaning, slender stem about 40 - 80 centimeters (16 - 32 in) tall. Lowest leaves are compound with three, three-veined leaflets each. Leaf margins are rolled under and range from no lobes to three lobes. The upper leaf surface
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Dwarf Sumac (Rhus michauxii)
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Small shrub that grows in clumps about 0.3 - 1 meter (1 - 3.3 ft) tall. Leaves are pinnately compound, with nine to 13 leaflets that have fairly large, coarse teeth evenly spaced along the leaflet edge. Leaflets are 5 - 9 centimeters (2 - 3.5 in) long and...
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Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon corais)
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The Eastern indigo is the longest North American snake. Glossy black- or bluish-black in color, the snake has a black, reddish or brownish chin. The hatchlings are 19-24 inches long (48-61cm) and may have yellow coloring on their body's forepart. Both adu...
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