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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
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Gorilla gorilla gorilla Taxonomy Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: MammaliaOrder: PrimatesFamily: HominidaeGenus: GorillaSpecies: Gorilla gorillaSubspecies: Gorilla gorilla gorilla (Savage, 1847) Common Names by Region Western Lowland Gorilla — international / scientific useLowland Gorilla — common shorthand in zoological collectionsGorille des plaines de
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Delosperma cooperi (and hybrids) Taxonomy Domain: EukaryotaKingdom: PlantaeSubkingdom: TracheobiontaSuperdivision: SpermatophytaDivision: MagnoliophytaClass: MagnoliopsidaClade: EudicotsOrder: CaryophyllalesFamily: AizoaceaeGenus: DelospermaSpecies/Group: Delosperma cooperi and modern garden hybrids Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Blooming Look-alikes / Name Confusion Known Range Care / Habitat Light
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Cromileptes altivelis Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Quick ID Range Habitat & Behavior Diet Reproduction Threats / Conservation / Notes Additional Notes Ecology & Significance In Exhibits & the Aquarium Trade All Cernunnos Foundation materials are free to use