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Geranium phaeum Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: TracheophytesClade: AngiospermsClade: EudicotsClade: RosidsOrder: GeranialesFamily: GeraniaceaeGenus: GeraniumSpecies: Geranium phaeum L. Common Names by Region General / English: Dusky Crane’s-bill, Dusky CranesbillUnited States / Canada: Mourning Widow, Dusky GeraniumUnited Kingdom / Ireland: Dusky Crane’s-bill, Black WidowGermany:
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Back in April I posted the V2 Update and said the framework was open and the numbers were waiting to be tested. Since then the work has gone sideways in the good sense — outward, into the deployment modes the
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Gymnocorymbus ternetzi Taxonomy Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: ActinopterygiiOrder: CharaciformesFamily: CharacidaeGenus: GymnocorymbusSpecies: Gymnocorymbus ternetziBinomial Name: Gymnocorymbus ternetzi (Boulenger, 1895)Ornamental Form: Longfin cultivar (selectively bred; not a distinct taxon) Common Names by Region Black Skirt Tetra (English, North American trade standard)Black Widow Tetra
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Rosa carolina Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: TracheophytesClade: AngiospermsClade: EudicotsClade: RosidsOrder: RosalesFamily: RosaceaeSubfamily: RosoideaeGenus: RosaSpecies: Rosa carolinaBinomial Name: Rosa carolina L. (1753) Common Names by Region Pasture Rose (English, general)Carolina Rose (English, general)Low Rose (English, regional)Prairie Rose (English, midwestern usage — note
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Same template, matched to the live format. Eastern American Toad Anaxyrus americanus americanus Taxonomy Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: AmphibiaOrder: AnuraFamily: BufonidaeGenus: AnaxyrusSpecies: Anaxyrus americanusSubspecies: Anaxyrus americanus americanusBinomial Name: Anaxyrus americanus (Holbrook, 1836)Synonym: Bufo americanus Holbrook, 1836 Common Names by Region American
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Symphyotrichum oblongifolium Taxonomy Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: PlantaeSubkingdom: TracheobiontaSuperdivision: SpermatophytaDivision: MagnoliophytaClass: MagnoliopsidaClade: EudicotsClade: AsteridsOrder: AsteralesFamily: AsteraceaeGenus: SymphyotrichumSpecies: Symphyotrichum oblongifolium (formerly Aster oblongifolius) Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Blooming Look-alikes The blue fall asters are a genuinely hard group. Leaf attachment
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Feniseca tarquinius Taxonomy Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ArthropodaClass: InsectaOrder: LepidopteraFamily: LycaenidaeSubfamily: MiletinaeTribe: SpalginiGenus: FenisecaSpecies: Feniseca tarquiniusBinomial Name: Feniseca tarquinius (Fabricius, 1793) Common Names by Region Harvester (English, general)Harvester Butterfly (English, expanded)Wanderer (English, older literature — now largely disused)Le moissonneur (French, Canada) Description
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Viburnum lentago Taxonomy Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: PlantaeSubkingdom: TracheobiontaSuperdivision: SpermatophytaDivision: MagnoliophytaClass: MagnoliopsidaClade: EudicotsClade: AsteridsOrder: DipsacalesFamily: Viburnaceae (formerly Adoxaceae; earlier Caprifoliaceae)Genus: ViburnumSpecies: Viburnum lentago Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Blooming Look-alikes The Lentago group is where the confusion lives. All three
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Crotalus Lepidus Klauberi Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Look-alikes Range Habitat & Behavior Diet The diet is one of the better-documented aspects of the subspecies. The principal study, drawing on field and museum specimens, found: Reproduction Venom
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Helianthus annuus Taxonomy Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: PlantaeSubkingdom: TracheobiontaSuperdivision: SpermatophytaDivision: MagnoliophytaClass: MagnoliopsidaClade: EudicotsClade: AsteridsOrder: AsteralesFamily: AsteraceaeGenus: HelianthusSpecies: Helianthus annuus Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Blooming Look-alikes Known Range Care / Habitat Light Soil Water Typical Habitat Propagation / Reproduction Pests