“Analyzed by Brandon Weber and Phoebe Torschia”

A highland is an area where the Earths tectonic plates have continuously bumped into each other in various places, resulting in inconsistent areas containing hills and flat lands. The terrain usually consists of heavy grass and trees aging anywhere from 80 to 210 years old. The soil in a highland is described as “exceptionally fertile”, thus the reason for heavy flower and plant development.

“A plant or tree that grows naturally in a specific location”

Box Elder Red Maple

Silver Maple Eastern Redbud

White Ash Green Ash

Basswood Winterberry

Witchhazel Gray Dogwood

“A species able to be naturally born in the environment”

Black bear River otter

Bobcat Wild trout

Northern copperhead Amber-winged spreadwing

Eastern blue bird Barn owl

Peregrine falcon White-footed mouse

White-tailed deer Coyote

Boletus auripes (yellow stalked bolete)

Laetiporus sulphureus (chicken mushroom)

Panaeolus cinctulus

Gymnopilus sp.

Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata

Bald Eagle Bog Turtle

“A species descending from a supplementary region”

Finch English Sparrow

Zebra Mussel Starling

Snakehead Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

Gypsy Moth Asian Longhorned Beetle