
Common Cattail
Typha latifolia


RICHMOND 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
Graminae


RICHMOND 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 cinereus


RICHMOND 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.

*Grey Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis


RICHMOND DYKE DECK | 3 POINTS
• Grey Squirrels weigh in at about 500-520 grams. • They are one of the largest tree squirrels in eastern North America.

Purple Finch
Carpodacus purpureus


RICHMOND DYKE DECK | 4 POINTS
• Purple Finches live in trees or bushes.
• They eat seeds, berries, and insects, and love sunflower seeds, millet, and thistle.

Male Wood Duck
Aix Sponsa


RICHMOND DYKE DECK | 3 POINTS
• Wood ducks have strong claws to grip bark and perch on branches. • They live in wooded swamps, marshes, streams, beaver ponds, and small lakes.

Black Carpenter Ant
Camponotus pennsylvanicus


RICHMOND DYKE DECK | 3 POINTS
• An ant brain has approximately 250,000 brain cells. • Carpenter Ants have an average life span of 45-60 days.

White-Bellied Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor


RICHMOND DYKE DECK | 2 POINTS
• White-bellied swallows are very small birds.
• They have a swift and graceful flight.