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O
bird
Oriole
Icterus galbula
Oriole (Icterus galbula)
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B
bird
Bluebird
Sialia sialis
Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
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C
bird
Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
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N
bird
Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
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W
bird
Wren
Troglodytes aedon
Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
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S
bird
Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
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F
plant
Fern
Pteridium aquilinum
Fern (Pteridium aquilinum)
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B
plant
Bamboo
Bambusa vulgaris
Bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris)
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P
plant
Palm Tree
Phoenix dactylifera
Palm Tree (Phoenix dactylifera)
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V
plant
Venus Flytrap
Dionaea muscipula
Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)
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plant
Pitcher Plant
Nepenthes
Nepenthes is a genus of carnivorous plants, also known as tropical pitcher plants, or monkey cups, in the monotypic family Nepenthaceae. The genus includes about 170 species, and numerous natural and many cultivated hybrids. They are mostly liana-forming plants of the Old World tropics, ranging from South China, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines; westward to Madagascar and the Seychelles (one); southward to Australia (four) and New Caledonia (one); and northward to India (one) and Sri Lanka (one). The greatest diversity occurs on Borneo, Sumatra, and the Philippines, with many endemic species. Many are plants of hot, humid, lowland areas, but most are tropical, montane plants, receiving warm days but cool to cold, humid nights year-round. A few are considered tropical alpine, with cool days and nights near freezing. The name "monkey cups" refers to the fact that monkeys were once thought to drink rainwater from the pitchers.
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S
plant
Sundew
Drosera
Sundew (Drosera)
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plant
Air Plant
Tillandsia
Tillandsia is a genus of around 650 species of evergreen, perennial flowering plants in the family Bromeliaceae, native to the forests, mountains and deserts of the Neotropics, from northern Mexico and the southeastern United States to Mesoamerica and the Caribbean to central Argentina. Their leaves, more or less silvery in color, are covered with specialized cells (trichomes) capable of rapidly absorbing water that gathers on them.
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B
plant
Bonsai Tree
Ficus retusa
Bonsai Tree (Ficus retusa)
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M
plant
Money Tree
Pachira aquatica
Money Tree (Pachira aquatica)
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U
plant
Umbrella Plant
Schefflera arboricola
Umbrella Plant (Schefflera arboricola)
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P
plant
Parlor Palm
Chamaedorea elegans
Parlor Palm (Chamaedorea elegans)
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A
plant
Areca Palm
Dypsis lutescens
Areca Palm (Dypsis lutescens)
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P
plant
Ponytail Palm
Beaucarnea recurvata
Ponytail Palm (Beaucarnea recurvata)
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C
plant
Cast Iron Plant
Aspidistra elatior
Cast Iron Plant (Aspidistra elatior)
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