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Biodiversity Research Program

The Biodiversity Research Program was started by the Westchester County Department of Parks Conservation Division to survey the biological life of nearly 18,000 acres while furthering the environmental stewardship of the park system and to:

• Create lists of all plant and animal species including vascular plants, mammals, breeding birds, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies, dragonflies, fish, and mollusks

• Categorize each species as to its abundance or rarity within the county

• Document locations and populations of all rare species

• Create maps with a locator system to pinpoint significant species sites

• Create a complex database so that all biodiversity data is readily available in a variety of reporting forms

• Compare and contrast Westchester parkland biodiversity with that of New York State

To date, the following have been found:

• 1168 vascular plants with
  25 rare species as listed by 

• 94 species of Dragonflies and Damselflies

• 311 species of birds including
  several rare or threatened

• 11 species of snakes

• 8 species of turtles

• 88 species of butterflies

• 65 kinds of mollusks

• 33 species of mammals

• 145 moths

• 30 crustaceans

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