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Black Fish Taxonomy Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: MammaliaOrder: CetaceaFamily: DelphinidaeGenus: OrcinusSpecies: Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) Common Names by Region General: Killer Whale, OrcaUnited States / Canada: Killer Whale, OrcaUnited Kingdom / Ireland: Killer Whale, OrcaScientific / Marine Biology: Orca, Orcinus orca
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Hybrid Verbena Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: AngiospermsClade: EudicotsOrder: LamialesFamily: VerbenaceaeGenus: VerbenaSpecies: Verbena × hybrida Groenland & Rümpler Common Names by Region General / North America: Garden Verbena, Hybrid VerbenaUnited Kingdom / Ireland: Bedding VerbenaHorticulture Trade: Trailing Verbena, Annual Verbena (cultivar-dependent) Description
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Addra Gazelle Taxonomy Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: MammaliaOrder: ArtiodactylaFamily: BovidaeSubfamily: AntilopinaeGenus: NangerSpecies: Nanger dama (Pallas, 1766) Common Names by Region General / English: Addra Gazelle, Dama GazelleNorth Africa / Sahel: Mhorr Gazelle (regional usage)French: Gazelle damaConservation / Zoological Use: Dama Gazelle
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Meadow Buttercup Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: AngiospermsClade: EudicotsOrder: RanunculalesFamily: RanunculaceaeGenus: RanunculusSpecies: Ranunculus acris L. Common Names by Region General / English: Meadow Buttercup, Tall ButtercupNorth America: Meadow ButtercupUnited Kingdom / Ireland: Meadow ButtercupAgricultural Use: Tall ButtercupInformal: Field Buttercup Description Growth Habit
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Rusty Crayfish Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Identification The rusty crayfish is a medium-to-large freshwater crayfish with a mottled brown-green body and a distinctive rust-colored spot on each side of the carapace, just behind the claws. These spots are
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Scarlet Bee Balm Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Growth Habit Scarlet Bee Balm is an upright, clump-forming perennial known for its bold presence and strong vertical structure. Plants spread slowly by rhizomes, forming loose colonies rather than aggressive mats.
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Typocerus velutinus Taxonomy Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ArthropodaClass: InsectaOrder: ColeopteraFamily: CerambycidaeSubfamily: LepturinaeGenus: TypocerusSpecies: Typocerus velutinus (Olivier, 1795) Common Names by Region General / English: Banded Longhorn Beetle, Flower Longhorn BeetleUnited States / Canada: Banded Longhorn Beetle, Longhorn Beetle (informal)Northeastern U.S.: Banded LonghornEntomology
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Canna Lily Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: TracheophytesClade: AngiospermsClade: MonocotsOrder: ZingiberalesFamily: CannaceaeGenus: Hellenia (syn. Canna)Species: Hellenia speciosa (L.) Common Names by Region General / North America:Indian Shot, Canna Lily, Common Canna Caribbean / Central America:Wild Canna, Achira South America:Achira, Sagú Horticulture Trade:Canna
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Blue Poison Dart Frog Taxonomy Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: AmphibiaOrder: AnuraFamily: DendrobatidaeGenus: DendrobatesSpecies: Dendrobates tinctorius (Cuvier, 1797)Morph / Locality Form: “azureus” (commonly treated as a color morph or locality variant of D. tinctorius) Common Names by Region General / English: Blue
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Western Wallflower Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Growth Habit Western Wallflower is a native biennial or short-lived perennial wildflower that forms upright, slender stems emerging from a basal rosette. It typically grows in open grasslands, prairies, and disturbed soils,