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  • Thumbnail for Hortus Botanicus Leiden
    The Hortus botanicus of Leiden is the oldest botanical garden of the Netherlands, and one of the oldest in the world. It is located in the southwestern...
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  • Thumbnail for Magnolia macrophylla
    Magnolia macrophylla, the bigleaf magnolia, is a deciduous magnolia native to the southeastern United States and eastern Mexico. This species boasts the...
    12 KB (1,244 words) - 13:46, 23 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Phytotron
    A phytotron is an enclosed research greenhouse used for studying interactions between plants and the environment. It was a product of the disciplines of...
    6 KB (729 words) - 12:47, 21 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Delosperma cooperi
    Delosperma cooperi (syn. Mesembryanthemum cooperi), the trailing Iceplant, hardy iceplant or pink carpet, is a dwarf perennial plant native to South Africa...
    6 KB (699 words) - 17:28, 27 December 2022
  • Thumbnail for Diospyros ferrea
    Diospyros ferrea, known as black ebony, is a tree in the ebony family, distributed in Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malay Peninsula, Philippines...
    3 KB (300 words) - 02:51, 19 September 2023
  • Dr Dawn W. Frith OAM is an English born Australian citizen and ornithologist. She is now a self-employed private, independent, zoological researcher, consultant...
    8 KB (1,115 words) - 07:20, 28 April 2022
  • The lateral giant interneuron (LG) is an interneuron in the abdominal nerve cord of crayfish, lobsters, shrimp of the order Decapoda and their relatives...
    2 KB (283 words) - 16:00, 28 August 2023
  • Ethelbert was a juvenile orca that surfaced in the Columbia River near Portland, Oregon in October 1931. The orca swam 100 miles (160 km) from the sea...
    3 KB (326 words) - 20:41, 22 December 2023
  • The Santo Stefano lizard (Podarcis siculus sanctistephani) lived on Santo Stefano Island, a small island near Ventotene in the Tyrrhenian sea off the west...
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  • Thumbnail for Aa paleacea
    Aa paleacea is an orchid in the genus Aa. It is native to the Andes, between southern Costa Rica, Peru and Ecuador, at an altitude of 2900–4400 metres...
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  • Thumbnail for United States Virgin Islands Mangroves
    United States Virgin Islands Mangroves are flowering trees that occupy the majority of the wetlands in the Virgin Islands. These mangroves typically grow...
    4 KB (456 words) - 22:27, 6 March 2024