#wren papilio

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Cooper’s Hawk 

https://live.staticflickr.com/7920/40121177293_7c10155c87_b.jpg

Green Ash  Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Family:

Oleaceae

Plant Community:

Red Maple Swamp 

Regions:

Native to Eastern and Central North America 

Mature Size:

Height: 50’ to 70’ 

Width: 35’ to 50’

Habitat:

Found in low woods and along stream and pond banks. Prefers humusy loams and grows best in full sun. Mature trees can adapt to a wide variety of soil conditions. 

Hardiness Zone:

3 to 9

Leaf Color:

Summer - Green on top and underside 

Fall - Yellow 

Flowers:

Color - Purple

Bloom - April to May 

Nesting:

Birds: 

Canopy supports hundreds of species of nesting birds. 

Nesters -  Cooper’s Hawk, Mountain Bluebird, Northern Bobwhite, Rufus-sided Towhee, Brown-headed Cowbird, House Wren, American Goldfinch

Roosters - Wild Turkey, Eastern Screech Owl

Mammals: 

Provides cover for rabbits and small mammals.

Insects: 

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly - Adults lay eggs on leaves. Caterpillars eat the leaves and create silken mats on the upper leaf surface to chrysalis over winter.

Orange Sulphur Butterfly - Adults lay eggs on top of leaves. Caterpillars feed on leaves at night. 

Mourning Cloak Butterfly - Adults lay eggs in a ring around twigs. Caterpillars live in group webs and eat young leaves.

Sources:

http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a868

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=FRPE

https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Papilio-glaucus

https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Nymphalis-antiopa

https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Colias-eurytheme

https://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/pg_frpe.pdf

https://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/frapen/all.html