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The white sucker is often mistaken for different species of suckers and redhorses, but can be distinguished by the complete lateral line system containing 55–85 small scales. [6] The white sucker is able to use chemosensory to sense and avoid predators and other conspecific species during day and night. [7]
Leucaena leucocephala is a small fast-growing mimosoid tree native to southern Mexico and northern Central America (Belize and Guatemala) [1] [4] and is now naturalized throughout the tropics including parts of Asia. Common names include white leadtree, [5] white popinac, [1] horse tamarind, [1] ipil-ipil, [6] [7] koa haole, [8] and tan-tan. [9]
The Bedford Oak is a 500-year-old white oak tree that sits in the town of Bedford in New York. It is the mascot of the town. It sits at the corner of the Hook Road and the old Bedford Road (now Cantitoe Street). The ground the tree stands on was deeded to the Town of Bedford in 1942 by Harold Whitman in memory of his wife, Georgia Squires Whitman.
The white sucker can usually be found in cool clear rivers, streams, and lakes. white suckers will usually be feeding on aquatic plants, algae, and invertebrates. [9] The white sucker can be found reaching a length of 20 inches and about 2–3 pounds. The life expectancy of a white sucker will usually be around 15 years. [10] LC
The tree produces spiky green fruits about the size of a golf ball, which turn brown and drop off the tree over an extended period beginning in fall and continuing over the winter.
Apical dominance, dominance of the main central stem of a plant; Basal shoots, also called suckers; Coppicing, a method of woodland management; Epicormic shoot, shoots that develop from buds under the bark; Pollarding, a pruning system in which the upper branches of a tree are removed, which encourages watersprouts
White bass, Morone chrysops; White crappie, Pomoxis annularis; White perch, Morone americana (prohibited invasive) Yellow bass, Morone mississippiensis (special concern) Yellow bullhead, Ameiurus natalis; Yellow perch, Perca flavescens
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