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Shagbark hickory
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Shagbark bud
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New shagbark
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Hear
the peepers?
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Wood anemone
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Wild strawberry
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Blunt-leaved sandwort
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Clayplain forest fragments in
Addison, Panton, and Waltham
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Bottlebrush grass
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Bur oak
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Downed wood and snags provide
food for many animals and microorganisms
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Former pasture tree
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Forest floor
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The original bur oak from which these
huge stump sprouts arose was more than 400 years old
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Bur oak leaves
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Shagbark hickory
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Autumn leaves
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Icy forest floor
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Fall turns to winter
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Evidence of pileated woodpeckers
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Winter shadows
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Oak in winter
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