Flora and fauna Dragon Run watershed
the dragon run swamp home many fish species. near source dragon run there chain pickerel, warmouth sunfish, bowfin, redbreast sunfish, , white catfish. lower river filled migratory fish come area in spring spawn such american shad, hickory shad, alewife herring, blueback herring, , striped bass. other fish reside in lower section channel catfish, white catfish, chain pickerel, largemouth bass, several varieties of sunfish, yellow perch, , white perch. dragon run houses rookeries egrets , herons. beavers, white tail deer, otters, muskrats, raccoons, wood ducks, bald eagles, ospreys, hawks, herons, owls, , prothonotary warblers call dragon run home.
the dragon run abundant flora. masterpiece created nature boasts violets (viola sp.), turtlehead, mountain laurel, wild iris (plant), cardinal flowers (lobelia cardinalis), royal ferns (osmunda spectabilis), pawpaw, shad bushes (amelanchier sp.), wild plum, mistletoe, old man’s beard (usnea sp.), bullhead lilies, pickerel weeds (pontederia sp.), wild rice, duck potatoes (sagittaria sp.), , cattails. swamp heavily timbered area pumpkin ash, gum, sycamore, river birch, red maple, dogwood, , huge bald cypress trees adorning every twist , turn river takes.
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