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"Vernal pools", as we use the term, are temporary water bodies which do not have fish. Some dry yearly and some persist for longer periods. These pools are all fishless and support the lives of organisms which depend upon temporary wetlands. Pools that support vernal pool organism are varied in appearance.

A typical Cape Cod pool. Heavy runoff from a three plus...	Scrub/shrub swamp pool type. Many of the shrubs are...	Coastal pool in sandy area. Fowler's toads were calling...	Pool in depression between two hills with dense overstory...	Depression in low area in hardwood forest. The stone...	Pool with hummocks of red maple and hemlock. During the...
Pool with hummocks of red maple and hemlock. This is the...	A shallow, open canopy pool with much emergent...	A pool within the sand dunes of Cape Cod National...	A pool in a deep depression with buttonbush shrubs in a...	Crop circles? Varying water depths due to pool depth and...	A wooded pool with river birch, silver maple, cottonwood,...

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