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CREATURES OF THE BIG THICKET
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WILD FLOWERS
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Silverbell
(Halesia diptera)
Spider Lily Mayapple
(Podophyllum peltatum)
Sundew
(Drosera annua)
Blackberry
(Rubus species)
INSECTS
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  Black Carpenter Ant
(Camponotus
pennsylvanicus
)
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
(Papilio glaucus)
Caterpillar Tent  
TREES AND BUSHES
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  Extraction holes by
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
Beech Leaves
(Fagus grandifolia)
   
MOSSES AND ALGAE
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    Moss Fruiting Bodies    
FUNGI AND SLIME MOLDS
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    Yellow Slime Mold    
AMPHIBIANS
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Gulf Coast Waterdog
(Necturus beyeri)
Marbled Salamander
(Ambystoma opacum)
Spring Peeper
(Pseudacris cruficer)
Three-toed Amphiuma
(Amphiuma tridactylum)
WoodhousesToad
(Bufo woodhousei)
REPTILES
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Rough Green Snake
(Opheodrys aestivus)
Brown Snake
(Storeria dekayi)
Western Legless Lizard
(Ophisaurus attenuatus)
Fence Lizard
(Sceloporus undulatus)
Five-lined Skink
(Eumeces fasciatus)
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    Copperhead
(Agkistrodon contortrix)
   
MAMMALS
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  Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat
(Corynorhinus rafinesquii)
North American River Otter
(Lontra canadensis)