ForestOld growth, new growth.Looking at this diorama you see a mature forest dominated by red oak and white pine. Young trees and sedges fill in where old trees have fallen. This forest opening provides food and cover for many animals including turkeys. Wolves, martens, and bobcats hunt these opening in search of prey |
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Featured animals |
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| Common name | Scientific name |
| Wood turtle | Clemmys insculpta |
| Red-bellied snake | Storeria occipitomaculata |
| Northern ringneck snake | Diadophis punctatus edwardsi |
| Fox snake | Elaphe vulpina |
| Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo |
| Ruffed grouse | Bonasa umbellus |
| Yellow-bellied sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius |
| Black-capped chickadee | Parus atricapillus |
| Marten | Martes americana |
| Timber or gray wolf | Canis lupus |
| Bobcat | Lynx rufus |
| Eastern chipmunk | Tamias striatus |
| Eastern gray squirrel | Sciurus carolinensis |
| Red squirrel | Tamiasciurus hudsonicus |
| White-tailed deer | Odocoileus virginianus |
| Moose | Alces alces |