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Lake Rose (Pennsylvania)
Lake Rose is a dry lake in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It has a surface area of approximately , and is situated in Fairmount Township. Lake Rose is mostly dry and closely resembles a swamp. Its main inflow is the spillway from Lake Jean. Lake Rose was originally constructed by a squatter named Jesse Dodson. Wildlife, including birds, butterflies, and dragonflies, has been observed near the lake. A number of hiking trails are also in its vicinity. Geography The main outflow of Lake Rose is an unnamed tributary of Kitchen Creek. One of its main inflows is the spillway from Lake Jean. The lake has an elevation of above sea level. Lake Rose is entirely within the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Red Rock. It has an area of . Lake Rose is mostly dry, but there is a small pool of water in it. It more closely resembles a swamp than it does a lake. In 1990, ''Northeastern Geology'' stated that Lake Rose "appears on the map but not in reality". Lak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger oceans, they do form part of the Earth's water cycle. Lakes are distinct from lagoons, which are generally coastal parts of the ocean. Lakes are typically larger and deeper than ponds, which also lie on land, though there are no official or scientific definitions. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams, which usually flow in a channel on land. Most lakes are fed and drained by rivers and streams. Natural lakes are generally found in mountainous areas, rift zones, and areas with ongoing glaciation. Other lakes are found in endorheic basins or along the courses of mature rivers, where a river channel has widened into a basin. Some parts of the world have many lakes formed by the chaotic drainage patterns left over from the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricketts Glen State Park
Ricketts Glen State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 13,193 acres (5,280 ha) in Columbia, Luzerne, and Sullivan counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. Ricketts Glen is a National Natural Landmark known for its old-growth forest and 24 named waterfalls along Kitchen Creek, which flows down the Allegheny Front escarpment from the Allegheny Plateau to the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians. The park is near the borough of Benton on Pennsylvania Route 118 and Pennsylvania Route 487, and is in five townships: Sugarloaf in Columbia County, Fairmount and Ross in Luzerne County, and Colley and Davidson in Sullivan County. Ricketts Glen's land was once home to Native Americans. From 1822 to 1827, a turnpike was built along the course of PA 487 in what is now the park, where two squatters harvested cherry trees to make bed frames from about 1830 to 1860. The park's waterfalls were one of the main attractions for a hotel from 1873 to 1903; the park is named for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lakes In Pennsylvania
This is a list of lakes and reservoirs in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all. Lakes * Allegheny Reservoir (also known as Kinzua Lake) * Antietam Lake * Aylesworth Creek Lake * Baylors Lake * Bear Lake * Beaver Lake * Beaver Run Reservoir * Beechwood Lake * Belmont Lake (Pennsylvania) * Beltzville Lake * Bessemer Lake * Black Moshannon Lake * Blacks Lake * Blue Marsh Lake * Bonin Lake * Bradford Reservoir * Briar Creek Reservoir * Canadohta Lake * Canoe Creek Lake * Canonsburg Lake * Chambers Lake * Chapman Lake * Churchville Reservoir * Clear Lake * Clearwater Lake * Cloe Lake * Coatesville Reservoir * Colyer Lake * Conemaugh River Lake * Conneaut Lake * Cowanesque Lake * Cowans Gap Lake * Cranberry Glade Lake * Crooked Creek Lake * Comminds Pond * Curwensville Lake * Donegal Lake * Duke Lake * Duman Lake * Dunlap Creek Lake * Dutch Fork Lake * East Branch C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fish Stocking
Fish stocking is the practice of raising fish in a hatchery and releasing them into a river, lake or ocean to supplement existing populations or to create a population where previously none exists. Stocking may be done for the benefit of commercial, recreational or tribal heritage fishing, but may also be done to restore or increase the population of threatened or endangered fish in a body of water closed to fishing. Fish stocking may be conducted by governmental agencies in public waters, or by private groups in private waters. When in public waters, fish stocking creates a common-pool resource which is rivalrous in nature but non-excludable. Thus, on public grounds, all can enjoy the benefits of fishing so long as fish continue to be stocked. History Fish stocking is a practice that dates back hundreds of years. According to biologist Edwin Pister, widespread trout stocking dates back to the 1800s. For the first hundred years of stocking, the location and number of fish introdu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragonfly
A dragonfly is a flying insect belonging to the infraorder Anisoptera below the order Odonata. About 3,000 extant species of true dragonfly are known. Most are tropical, with fewer species in temperate regions. Loss of wetland habitat threatens dragonfly populations around the world. Adult dragonflies are characterized by a pair of large, multifaceted compound eyes, two pairs of strong, transparent wings, sometimes with coloured patches, and an elongated body. Many dragonflies have brilliant iridescent or metallic colours produced by structural colouration, making them conspicuous in flight. An adult dragonfly's compound eyes have nearly 24,000 ommatidia each. Dragonflies can be mistaken for the closely related damselflies, which make up the other odonatan infraorder ( Zygoptera) and are similar in body plan though usually lighter in build; however, the wings of most dragonflies are held flat and away from the body, while damselflies hold their wings folded at rest, along or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sulfur Butterfly (other)
Several taxa of butterflies are collectively called the Sulphurs or Sulfurs: * Coliadinae Coliadinae, the sulphurs or yellows, are a subfamily of butterflies with about 300 described species. There are 36 species in North America, where they range from Mexico to northern Canada. In most species, males are easily distinguished from f ..., a subfamily of butterflies commonly known as the sulphurs or yellows * '' Dercas'', a genus of Coliadinae commonly called the sulphurs * '' Colias'', a genus of Coliadinae commonly called the sulphurs (in North America) or clouded yellows (elsewhere) * '' Phoebis'', a genus of Coliadinae that is not itself called the sulphurs but that contains a number of species which are {{disambiguation Animal common name disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monarch Butterfly
The monarch butterfly or simply monarch (''Danaus plexippus'') is a milkweed butterfly (subfamily Danainae) in the family Nymphalidae. Other common names, depending on region, include milkweed, common tiger, wanderer, and black-veined brown. It is amongst the most familiar of North American butterflies and an iconic pollinator, although it is not an especially effective pollinator of milkweeds. Its wings feature an easily recognizable black, orange, and white pattern, with a wingspan of . A Müllerian mimic, the viceroy butterfly, is similar in color and pattern, but is markedly smaller and has an extra black stripe across each hindwing. The eastern North American monarch population is notable for its annual southward late-summer/autumn instinctive migration from the northern and central United States and southern Canada to Florida and Mexico. During the fall migration, monarchs cover thousands of miles, with a corresponding multigenerational return north in spring. The western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evening Grosbeak
The evening grosbeak (''Hesperiphona vespertina'') is a passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae found in North America. Taxonomy The IOC checklist and the ''Handbook of the Birds of the World'' place the evening grosbeak and the closely related hooded grosbeak in the genus ''Hesperiphona''. However, the Clements Checklist and the AOS checklist place the evening and hooded grosbeaks in the genus ''Coccothraustes'' with the hawfinch. The genus ''Hesperiphona'' was introduced by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1850. The name is from Ancient Greek ''hesperos'', "evening", and ''phone'' "cry", and the specific ''vespertina'' is Latin for "evening". Description The evening grosbeak is similar in appearance to the Eurasian hawfinch, both being bulky, heavily built finches with large bills and short tails. The evening grosbeak ranges in length from and spans across the wings. In a large sampling of grosbeaks in Pennsylvania during winter, males weighed from , with an average of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mallard
The mallard () or wild duck (''Anas platyrhynchos'') is a dabbling duck that breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Eurasia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to New Zealand, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, the Falkland Islands, and South Africa. This duck belongs to the subfamily Anatinae of the waterfowl family Anatidae. Males have purple patches on their wings, while the females (hens or ducks) have mainly brown-speckled plumage. Both sexes have an area of white-bordered black or iridescent blue feathers called a speculum on their wings; males especially tend to have blue speculum feathers. The mallard is long, of which the body makes up around two-thirds the length. The wingspan is and the bill is long. It is often slightly heavier than most other dabbling ducks, weighing . Mallards live in wetlands, eat water plants and small animals, and are social animals preferring to congregate in groups or flocks of varyi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White-throated Sparrow
The white-throated sparrow (''Zonotrichia albicollis'') is a passerine bird of the New World sparrow family Passerellidae. Etymology The genus name ''Zonotrichia'' is from Ancient Greek (, ) and (, ). The specific ''albicollis'' is from Latin (), and (). Description The white-throated sparrow is a passerine bird of the New World sparrow family Passerellidae. It measures in length with a wingspan of . Typical weight is , with an average of . Among standard measurements, the wing chord is , the tail is , the bill is and the tarsus is . They are similar in appearance to the white-crowned sparrow, but with white throat markings and yellow lores. There are two adult plumage variations known as the tan-striped and white-striped forms. On the white-striped form the crown is black with a white central stripe. The supercilium is white as well. The auriculars are gray with the upper edge forming a black eye line. On the tan form, the crown is dark brown with a tan central s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menziesia Pilosa
''Menziesia'' was a genus of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. More recently it has been reclassified within the genus ''Rhododendron''. it was formally transferred in 2011. Species * ''Menziesia ciliicalyx'' (Miq.) Maxim. = ''Rhododendron benhallii'' * ''Menziesia ferruginea'' Sm. = ''Rhododendron menziesii ''Rhododendron menziesii'', also classified as ''Menziesia ferruginea'', is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae, known by several common names, including rusty menziesia, false huckleberry, fool's huckleberry and mock azale ...'' - False azalea or Fool's huckleberry ** ''Menziesia glabella'' A.Gray = ''Rhododendron menziesii'' subsp. ''glabellum'' * ''Menziesia multiflora'' Maxim. = '' Rhododendron multiflorum'' * ''Menziesia pilosa'' Michx. ex Lam. = '' Rhododendron pilosum'' - Minnie bush; Allegheny menziesia * ''Menziesia katsumatae'' M.Tash. & H.Hatta. = '' Rhododendron katsumatae'' * ''Menziesia purpurea'' Maxim. '' Rhododendron kroniae'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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