1. 16-inch male (top) with tail eye-spot and female (bottom) Bowfin from the Connecticut River

2. The Connecticut River forms the Boundary between Hartford and East Hartford, and is located on the east side of the city

3. Appressed bog clubmoss is found in wet soils, usually on pond shores and in abandoned borrow pits along the Atlantic coastal plain and the Connecticut River Valley

4. Middletown is a city located in Middlesex County, Connecticut, along the Connecticut River, in the central part of the state, 16 miles (26 kilometers) south of Hartford.