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' 'm <br />• / r. I ^ \ ' . '. <br />A. ^^flkii'*^’-** <*■ 1*^ * w <br />:* y <br />*1 > pe 7. <br />Timbiricl suamps (Icmiarul fnrtsh, ash swamps, <br />cedar swampsL <br />1 he soil Is walerK'eeed ai least to within a few inches <br />of the surface clurine the erowm^ season In river <br />bottoms. It IS often covered with as much as I f».K)t of <br />water. \eeetathMi includes tamarack, white cedar, <br />black spruce, balsam fir. red maple, black ash. mosses <br />and smanweeds Animal use includes 11 species of <br />reptiles and amphibians, such as blue-spotted sala­ <br />mander. redback salamander, chorus fri'c. woih I frog; <br />lb species of mammals, such as masked shrew. arctic <br />shrew. Keen's mviMis. red bat, hoarv bat. snowsluK* <br />hare, red fox, bH>Kat.deer; and43 speciesot birds, such <br />as erea! blue heron hmxled merganser, osprev . gmat- <br />homeil owl. vellow -bellied flvcatcher. l.ouisiana wa- <br />teiihriish. <br />IvpeS. <br />Bo^s (open heath bo^s, peatlands). <br />Soil is usually waterlogged and suppiuis a spongv <br />covering of nu>sses. Vegetation includes sphagnum <br />moss, heath shrubs, sedges, and may include scattered, <br />often stunteil. tamarack and black spmee .Animal use <br />includes (^ sjvcies of reptiles and amphibians, such as <br />American toad, spring peeper, green frog, leopaid frog. <br />wihk I frt^g: 11 species of mammals, such as masked <br />shrew. sluMi-taiIed shrew, star-nosed mole, meadow <br />Vide. Ciwote. long-tailed weasel: and 33 species of <br />buds, such as red-tailed hawk, sandhill crane, long­ <br />eared owl. raven, palm warbler. Connecticut warbler. <br />Lincoln s sparrow.