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However, the specimen was unrecognized as a new species in the private collection of Cabot's father, Boston merchant Samuel Cabot Jr., until it made its way to the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution in the 1860s. [6] [7] Ten years later the holotype, a juvenile male, was shot on Jared Potter Kirtland's farm near Cleveland, Ohio, in mid-May ...
The term pioneer species is also used to refer to the first species, usually plants, to return to an area after disturbance as part of the process of secondary succession. Disturbances may include floods, tornadoes, forest fires, deforestation, or clearing by other means. [18] Pioneer species tend to be fast-growing, shade-intolerant, and tend ...
Primary succession is the beginning step of ecological succession where species known as pioneer species colonize an uninhabited site, which usually occurs in an environment devoid of vegetation and other organisms. In contrast, secondary succession occurs on substrates that previously supported vegetation before an ecological disturbance. This ...
Ohio's biodiversity continues to be threatened due to a variety of causes. The latest Rare Native Ohio Plants Status List cites 271 are endangered.
Only about 200 of those 450 species live in Ohio all summer, which means the rest follow a flight plan that takes them through the state into Canada. ... Some birds have been found in Ohio ...
The chestnut oak is an interesting species found on the summit. Herbaceous species are numerous. The most interesting are found in the crevasses and cooler areas in the ledge system. Wild flower species are typical of the area. the brilliant red cardinal flower, is found near creeks. Red and white trillium are found where deer have not browsed ...
It was found at the intersection of state Route 59 and state Route 261, in Franklin Township near Kent State University, according to William Ressler, who found the animal and reported it to state ...
†Loxomma lintonensis – type locality for species †Maelonoceras †Manitoulinoceras †Manticoceras †Marsupiocrinus; Life restoration of the Carboniferous amphibian Megalocephalus †Megalocephalus – type locality for genus †Megalocephalus lineolatus – type locality for species †Megalograptus †Metaxys †Michelinoceras; Modiolus