DIY Cards
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalusRICHMOND DYKE DECK | 6 POINTS
• Bald Eagles like to live near sea coasts, rivers, lakes, oceans, and other large bodies of open water with an abundance of fish.
Brackish Water
Habitat cardRICHMOND DYKE DECK
• Mixed seawater with fresh water. • Has more salinity than fresh water. • Habitat is the mangrove swap, or mangal.
Dandelion
Taraxacum officinaleRICHMOND DYKE DECK | 2 POINTS
• Dandelion seeds are an important food source for small birds.
• Did you know? Dandelions are originally from Asia!
Common Cattail
Typha latifoliaRICHMOND DYKE DECK | 2 POINTS
• Cattails usually grow near ponds or in slightly brackish water. • Did you know? Cattail pollen can be stuffed into life jackets and mattresses.
*Grass
GraminaeRICHMOND DYKE DECK | 3 POINTS
• Grass, or more technically, graminoids, are monocotyledonous. • Grass is one of the most basic plants ever to live on earth.
Masked Shrew
Sorex cinereusRICHMOND DYKE DECK | 8 POINTS
• Sorex cinereus has a voracious appetite, and can eat its own body weight in a day. • The Masked Shrew is prey to larger shrews, hawks, owls, snakes, herons, and foxes.