Vermont : Flora & Fauna

Common trees of Vermont are the commercially important sugar maple (the state tree), the butternut, white pine, and yellow birch. Other plants include 15 types of conifer, 130 grasses, and 192 sedges. In 2003, two plant species including Jesup's milk-vetch and Northeastern bulrush, were termed as endangered.
Native mammalian species include white-tailed deer, coyote, red fox, and snowshoe hare. Characteristic birds include the raven (Corvus corax), gray or Canada jay, and saw-whet owl. In 2003, six animal species were listed as threatened or endangered in Vermont, including the Indiana bat, dwarf wedgemussel, and bald eagle.