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Woodland Crocus, “Tommies” Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: AngiospermsClade: MonocotsOrder: AsparagalesFamily: IridaceaeGenus: CrocusSpecies: Crocus tommasinianus Common Names by Region Woodland CrocusEarly CrocusTommasini’s Crocus“Tommies” (common gardener nickname) Description Crocus tommasinianus is a small perennial flowering plant that emerges from underground corms and blooms
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Haliaeetus leucocephalus Taxonomy Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: AvesOrder: AccipitriformesFamily: AccipitridaeGenus: HaliaeetusSpecies: Haliaeetus leucocephalus Common Names by Region American Bald EagleBald EagleSea EagleAmerican Sea Eagle Description General Appearance The American Bald Eagle is one of the most recognizable birds in the world.
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Coreopsis verticillata L. Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: TracheophytesClade: AngiospermsClade: EudicotsClade: AsteridsOrder: AsteralesFamily: AsteraceaeGenus: CoreopsisSpecies: Coreopsis verticillata Binomial Name: Coreopsis verticillata L. Common Names by Region Threadleaf CoreopsisThreadleaf TickseedWhorled TickseedFernleaf CoreopsisPot-of-Gold (some cultivars)Zagreb Coreopsis (cultivar name widely used) Description General Form Threadleaf
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Hypomecis punctinalis Taxonomy Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ArthropodaClass: InsectaOrder: LepidopteraSuperfamily: GeometroideaFamily: GeometridaeSubfamily: EnnominaeGenus: HypomecisSpecies: Hypomecis punctinalis Binomial Name: Hypomecis punctinalis (Scopoli, 1763) Common Names by Region Pale Oak BeautyOak Beauty MothGray GeometerOak Looper Moth Many members of the Geometridae family are informally
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Symphyotrichum novae-angliae Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: TracheophytesClade: AngiospermsClade: EudicotsClade: AsteridsOrder: AsteralesFamily: AsteraceaeGenus: SymphyotrichumSpecies: Symphyotrichum novae-angliae Binomial Name: Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (L.) G.L.Nesom Common Names by Region New England AsterMichaelmas DaisyPurple AsterFall AsterAmerican Aster Historically many asters were placed in the genus Aster,
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Hybrid Heroini cichlid Taxonomy Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataSubphylum: VertebrataInfraphylum: GnathostomataSuperclass: OsteichthyesClass: ActinopterygiiOrder: CichliformesFamily: CichlidaeSubfamily: CichlinaeTribe: HeroiniGenus: Hybrid lineage derived from Central American cichlidsSpecies: Artificial hybrid (no formal species designation) Common Names by Region Blood Parrot CichlidParrot CichlidBlood Red ParrotRed Parrotfish
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Rhododendron calendulaceum Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: AngiospermsClade: EudicotsOrder: EricalesFamily: EricaceaeGenus: RhododendronSpecies: Rhododendron calendulaceum Common Names by Region Flame AzaleaOrange AzaleaAppalachian Flame AzaleaWild Honeysuckle (regional colloquial use) Description General Form Flame Azalea is a deciduous flowering shrub native to eastern North America,
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Bos indicus × Bos taurus Taxonomy Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: MammaliaOrder: ArtiodactylaFamily: BovidaeSubfamily: BovinaeGenus: BosSpecies: Bos indicusCommon Hybrid Form: Bos indicus × Bos taurus Common Names by Region ZebuHumped CattleIndian CattleBrahman-type CattleBos indicus cattle Description General Appearance Zebu cattle are a
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Rosa setigera Michx. Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: TracheophytesClade: AngiospermsClade: EudicotsOrder: RosalesFamily: RosaceaeSubfamily: RosoideaeTribe: RoseaeGenus: RosaSpecies: Rosa setigera Common Names by Region Climbing RosePrairie RoseClimbing Wild RoseIllinois RoseSetigera Rose Description General Appearance Rosa setigera is a native climbing or scrambling wild rose
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Bothriechis schlegelii Taxonomy Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: ReptiliaOrder: SquamataSuborder: SerpentesFamily: ViperidaeSubfamily: CrotalinaeGenus: BothriechisSpecies: Bothriechis schlegelii Common Names by Region Eyelash ViperEyelash Palm Pit ViperSchlegel’s Palm ViperBocaracá (Costa Rica)Oropel (yellow morph name in parts of Central America)Terciopelo de pestañas (Spanish) Description General