Assateague Animals and Plants

<body stylesrc="xindex.html" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#008080" link="#008740" vlink="#E9967A">  <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5"> <tr> <td><img src="entry.jpg" width="300" height="225" alt="entry.jpg (6491 bytes)"></td> <td><img src="an-txt.gif" width="358" height="36" alt="an-txt.gif (4688 bytes)"></td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5"> <tr> <td><h3 align="center">Information on the Plants and Animals<br> of Assateague Island, Virginia</h3> <p align="center">- Events, Web Links for Lodging, Weather, and Other Information -</p> <p>A great variety of animal and plant species has adapted to a sometimes perilous life on this shifting barrier island located along the coasts of Maryland and Virginia. With sections of Assateague managed and protected by the National Park Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the state of Maryland, Assateague offers a unique opportunity to observe plants and animals of the Mid-Atlantic coast in an undeveloped, natural environment.</p> <p>In most sections of the Web site, the approach has been to start with basic information on the plants and animals most often seen by visitors to Assateague Island; more thorough information and information on less frequently sighted species on Assateague will be added as the site is further developed. [Photos and Graphics by Alex Jobin & Robert Jobin - Copyright Š <em>The Assateague Naturalist</em> 1997].</td> <td valign="top" align="left"> <p><a href="mears.html"><img src="mears.gif" width="110" height="160" alt="The Watermen and Wild Ponies(10952 bytes)" hspace="5" border="0"></a><br> <a href="mears.html"><small><strong>Assateague Naturalist<br> Featured Book</strong></small></a></p> <p> </td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="center"><center> <table border="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="books.html"><img src="ad-an4sm.gif" width="115" height="60"></a></td> <td align="center"><img src="click.gif" width="107" height="60"></td> <td align="center"><a href="a-com.html"><img src="ad-ac4sm.gif" width="97" height="60"></a></td> </tr> </table> </center></div> <p align="center"><img src="gr-line.gif" width="600" height="5"> </p> <p align="center"><img src="contents.gif" align="middle" width="199" height="32"> </p> <div align="center"><center> <table border="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td align="center" width="50"><a href="shells.html"><img src="shells.gif" border="0" width="32" height="60"></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="shells.html"><b>Shells, etc., from the Beach</b></a><br> <ul> <li><font size="2">Channeled Whelks </font></li> <li><font size="2">Atlantic Moon Shells </font></li> <li><font size="2">Horseshoe Crabs, etc.</font></li> </ul> </td> <td align="center" width="50"><a href="berm.html"><img src="berm.jpg" border="0" width="40" height="60"></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="berm.html"><b>Life on the Edge</b></a><br> <ul> <li><font size="2">Mole Crabs </font></li> <li><font size="2">Ghost Crabs </font></li> <li><font size="2">Bean Clams, and More</font></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="50"><a href="plants.html"><img src="marsh.gif" border="0" width="35" height="60"></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="plants.html"><b>Plants</b></a><br> <ul> <li><font size="2">Ancient Marsh </font></li> <li><font size="2">American Beachgrass </font></li> <li><font size="2">Loblolly Pines, etc.</font></li> </ul> </td> <td align="center" width="50"><a href="birdhse.html"><img src="birdhse.gif" border="0" width="41" height="60"></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="birdhse.html"><b>Assateague Birdhouses<br> and Fox Squirrel House</b></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="50"><a href="birds.html"><img src="birds.gif" border="0" width="40" height="60"></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="birds.html"><b>The Birds of Assateague</b></a><br> <ul> <li><font size="2">Canada Geese </font></li> <li><font size="2">Egrets </font></li> <li><font size="2">Ducks and Other Birds</font></li> </ul> </td> <td align="center" width="50"><a href="other.html"><img src="go-pony2.gif" border="0" width="39" height="60"></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="other.html"><b>Other Assateague Animals</b></a><br> <ul> <li><font size="2">The Ponies </font></li> <li><font size="2">Deer </font></li> <li><font size="2">Endangered Squirrels, etc.</font></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" width="50"><a href="storm.html"><img src="go-storm.jpg" border="0" width="40" height="60"></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><a href="storm.html"><b>Assateague Storms</b></a><br> <ul> <li><font size="2">The Great Hurricane<br> of 1933 </font></li> <li><font size="2">Ash Wednesday, 1962 </font></li> <li><font size="2">Other Storms</font></li> </ul> </td> <td align="center" width="50"><a href="aquarium.html"><img src="go-aquar.gif" border="0" width="52" height="40"></a></td> <td valign="top" width="200"><strong><a href="aquarium.html">From the Island Aquarium</a><br> </strong><ul> <li><font size="2">Clearnose Skates</font></li> <li><font size="2">Mantis Shrimp</font></li> <li><font size="2">Sea Stars, etc.</font></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> </center></div> <p align="center"><a href="idx.html"><img src="but-idx.gif" border="0" width="67" height="40"></a></p> <hr> <div align="center"><center> <table border="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td align="center" width="50"><a href="port.html"><img src="go-port.gif" border="0" width="52" height="60"></a></td> <td valign="top" width="450"><a href="port.html"><b>Web Port - Links to Related Web Sites of Interest</b></a><br> <ul> <li><font size="2">Fauna and Flora on Assateague Island, National Park Service </font></li> <li><font size="2">Vegetation Types on Assateague Island, National Biological Service </font></li> <li><font size="2">Coastal Marsh Project at the University of Maryland </font></li> <li><font size="2">Resource List, Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture,<br> Cornell University</font></li> <li><font size="2">Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA</font></li> <li><font size="2">The Assateague Peoples - The Kickotank (Great Assateague) Tribe</font></li> <li><font size="2">Chincoteague Pony Association</font></li> <li><font size="2"><b>Search Engines</b></font></li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> </center></div><div align="center"><center> <table border="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top" width="101"><a href="data-event/an-event.asp"><img src="go-event.gif" border="0" width="93" height="50"></a></td> <td valign="top" width="250"><a href="data-event/an-event.asp"><b>Upcoming Events and Activities</b></a></td> <td align="center" valign="top" width="53"><a href="links.html"><img src="go-weath.gif" border="0" width="45" height="60"></a></td> <td valign="top" width="236"><a href="links.html"><b>Web Port - Lodging, Activities, Weather, etc.</b></a> </td> </tr> </table> </center></div><div align="center"><center> <table border="0" cellpadding="10"> <tr> <td align="center" valign="bottom"><a href="info.html"><img src="tom.gif" border="0" width="135" height="60"></a></td> <td align="center" valign="bottom"><a href="books.html"><img src="books.gif" border="0" width="75" height="117"></a></td> <td align="center" valign="bottom"><a href="http://www.assateague.org"><img src="a-org-sm.gif" border="0" width="135" height="86"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><a href="info.html"><b>Information</b></a> <ul> <li><font size="2">Chincoteague National Wildlife <br> Refuge</font></li> <li><font size="2">Assateague Island National Seashore</font></li> </ul> </td> <td align="center" valign="top"><a href="books.html"><font size="2"><strong>Books of Regional Interest<br> Available from<br> The Assateague Naturalist</strong></font></a></td> <td valign="top"><strong><a href="http://www.assateague.org"><em>T<font size="2">he Assateague - Chincoteague<br> Collection</em>, an On-Line Magazine</font></a></strong></td> </tr> </table> </center></div> <p><font size="2"><i>Copyright Š1997 The Assateague Naturalist</i></font> </p> <hr> <p align="center"><font size="2"><b><a href="an-info.html">The Assateague Naturalist</a><br> 6261 Post Office Street<br> Chincoteague, Virginia 23336</b><br> <a href="mailto:naturalist@assateague.com">Internet e-mail: naturalist@assateague.com</a><br> </font></p> <p align="center"><font size="2">Note: Assateague Naturalist pages were designed for viewing with the latest versions<br> of Netscape and Microsoft browsers in 256 colors. 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