What in the Woods is That?

Forestry students might call this "Dendrology at 50 mph." Name the tree species, from left.

What’s the muddy depression that these folks are looking at? (That’s our Tracking Tips columnist Sue Morse in green, for those who don’t know her.)

Yes, it’s a dead chipmunk. (We’re pretty sure the dog killed it, but it may have been gluttony.) Note that his mouth is full of beech nuts. Now how many beech nuts do you think this wee…

This plant was growing near the ocean on a tree farm in Addison, Maine. What is it?

Reader Dan Wing, from Cookeville, Vermont, sent us this picture. What is it?

This mysterious green slime was found growing outside Bill Peberdy’s woodshop in Corinth, Vermont. What is it?

Reader Paul Fillion submitted this picture that his daughter Renee took in central New Hampshire. What is it?

Ten inches wide and bumpy all over, this melon-shaped mass was discovered in Church Pond in the Adirondacks. What is it? Photo by Judy Brook.

These ears perked up for a camera click in Holderness, New Hampshire. Who owns these ears?

Reader Judy Brook took this picture while kayaking the LaPlatte River in Shelburne, VT. What is it?

This snipe fly was found in Thetford, Vermont, dead and smooshed against a sugar maple leaf. What killed the fly?

Four native fish species. Left to right, what are they?

This flower was recently spotted emerging near our office. What is it?

Dinosaur tooth? Probably not, but love the hot pink. What is this?

Northern Woodlands’ columnist Bryan Pfeiffer pulled this branch out of the water for a closer look. What are those whitish bumps? (Photo by Bryan Pfeiffer.)

We found this odd-looking plant growing on a moss-covered boulder in a Vermont sugarbush. What is it?

This tree is bedecked with some ugly flowers – and in winter no less. What’s going on here?

This is a piece of antique maple sugarmaking equipment (coffee cup is for scale). What was it used for?

If Sting saw this photo, he’d likely sing, “There are little black specks on the snow today.” What are those black specks? Photo by Jenna Gersie.

These snowballs weren’t made by the neighborhood kids. So who, or what, made them?