1. Vernal Pools
Vernal Pools

2. Defined Located in or next to forests or other wooded areas
Lie in confined basin with no continuously flowing inlet or outlet
Are small and shallow
Fill seasonally
Have characteristic biological community: fishless; adapted to seasonal drawdown

9. Amphibia
Wood Frog, Rana sylvatica
Pickerel Frog, Rana palustris

10. Spotted Salamanders, Ambystoma maculatum
Amphibia
Spotted Salamanders, Ambystoma maculatum

11. Marbled Salamander, Ambystoma opacum

12. Immature Insects
Skimmer Dragonfly

13. Rotifer
Ceriodaphnia

14. Autotrophs
Meridion, a diatom
Tribonema, a xanthophyte

15. Invertebrates
Fairy Shrimp

16. Conservation