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Common Camas / Blue Camas Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Camassia quamash is a spring-blooming perennial bulb noted for its elegant, star-shaped flowers arranged in upright racemes. Each flower displays six narrow, pointed tepals in shades of soft violet
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Storeria dekayi Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description DeKay’s Brown Snake is a small, non-venomous colubrid characterized by its subtle coloration and secretive behavior. Adults typically range from 9–13 inches in length, with slender bodies well suited to navigating leaf
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Bougainvillea Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: AngiospermsClade: EudicotsOrder: CaryophyllalesFamily: NyctaginaceaeGenus: BougainvilleaSpecies: Bougainvillea glabra Common Names by Region General: Bougainvillea, Paper FlowerLatin America: Buganvilla, BugambiliaMediterranean: BougainvillierHorticulture Trade: Lesser Bougainvillea, Smooth Bougainvillea Description Bougainvillea glabra is a vigorous, woody, evergreen to semi-evergreen climber best
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Amphiprion ocellaris Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description The ocellaris clownfish is a small, vividly colored reef fish recognized by its bright orange body, three vertical white bands edged in black, and rounded fins. Adults typically reach 7–11 cm (3–4.5
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Great Rhododendron · Rosebay Rhododendron Taxonomy Common Names by Region Description Rhododendron maximum is a broadleaf evergreen shrub or small tree, forming dense, often cathedral-like thickets in moist forest understories. Mature plants can reach 10–20 feet tall, with thick, leathery
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Threadleaf Coreopsis Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: AngiospermsClade: EudicotsOrder: AsteralesFamily: AsteraceaeGenus: CoreopsisSpecies: Coreopsis verticillata L. Common Names by Region General: Threadleaf Coreopsis, Whorled CoreopsisNorth America: Threadleaf TickseedHorticulture Trade: Threadleaf Coreopsis, Tickseed Coreopsis Description Coreopsis verticillata is a fine-textured, long-blooming perennial prized for
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Xylocopa virginica Taxonomy Common Names Description The Eastern Carpenter Bee is a large, robust native bee often mistaken for a bumblebee. It can be distinguished by its shiny, hairless black abdomen, contrasting with a fuzzy yellow thorax. Adults measure approximately
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Siberian Iris Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: AngiospermsClade: MonocotsOrder: AsparagalesFamily: IridaceaeGenus: IrisSeries: SibiricaeSpecies: Iris sibirica L. Common Names by Region General: Siberian IrisEurope: Blue Moor Iris, Meadow IrisHorticulture Trade: Siberica Iris, Tall Beardless Iris Description Iris sibirica is a graceful, cold-hardy perennial
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Hippeastrum vittatum Taxonomy Kingdom: PlantaeClade: AngiospermsClade: MonocotsOrder: AsparagalesFamily: AmaryllidaceaeGenus: HippeastrumSpecies: Hippeastrum vittatum (Herb.) Common Names by Region General: Barbados Lily, Striped AmaryllisCaribbean & Central America: Lily-of-the-Palms, Easter Lily (regional usage)Horticulture Trade: Hardy Amaryllis, Striped Hippeastrum Description Hippeastrum vittatum is a
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Anas platyrhynchos Taxonomy Kingdom: AnimaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: AvesOrder: AnseriformesFamily: AnatidaeGenus: AnasSpecies: Anas platyrhynchos (Linnaeus, 1758) Common Names MallardWild DuckGreenhead (male)Grey Duck (female; colloquial) Description Physical Characteristics The Mallard is one of the most recognizable and widespread ducks in the world, known