Here are the answers to the Nature Notes quiz on page 4. The past Nature Notes columns are posted on the WCLT web site at www.westboroughlandtrust.org.

1. Wood frog (Rana sylvatica)
   [See Signs of spring: Wood frogs and vernal pools, April 16, 2004]
   
   
2. Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria)
   [See Fall is mushroom season, October 15, 2004]
   
   
3. Pink lady's-slipper (Cypripedium acaule)
   [See Signs of spring: Westborough's Pink Lady's-Slippers, May 14, 2004]
   
   
4. Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
   [See Jewelweed is ready to pop, September 3, 2004]
   
   
5. Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
   [See Red-tailed hawks overhead, November 12, 2004]
   
   
6. Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)
   [See Late-summer sneezing, August 20, 2004]
   
   
7. Indian-pipes (Monotropa uniflora)
   [See Ghostly Indian-pipes by the path, July 23, 2004]
   
   
8. Christmas fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)
   [See Christmas fern in the woods, December 10, 2004]
   
   
9. St. Johnswort (Hypericum perforatum)
   [See St. Johnswort on the roadside, June 25, 2004]
   
   
10. Witch-hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
    [See Witch-hazel flowers for Halloween, October 29, 2004]
    
    
11. Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
    [See Invasion of the Purple Loosestrife, August 6, 2004]
    
    
12. Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
    [See Signs of spring: Great blue herons at Mill Pond, April 30, 2004]
    
    
13. Winterberry (Ilex verticillata)
    [See Winterberry in our wetlands, November 26, 2004]
    
    
14. "wort"
    [See St. Johnswort on the roadside, June 25, 2004]
    
    
15. Sudbury River (from Cedar Swamp), Assabet River (from the Headwaters Conservation Area)
    [See Land of Swamps, May 28, 2004]
    
    
16. painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)
    [See Watch for painted turtles, July 9, 2004]
    
    
17. our swamps
    [See Land of Swamps, May 28, 2004]
    
    
18. vernal pool
    [See Signs of spring: Wood frogs and vernal pools, April 16, 2004]
    
    
19. jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
    [See Land of Swamps, May 28, 2004]
    
    
20. Native Americans
    [See almost any column dealing with a native plant]

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