The Huntsman was the winner of the 1862 Grand National steeplechase run on March 12 at Aintree near Liverpool England. The winner was owned by Viscount de Namur and trained […]
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Platycladus
Platycladus is a distinct genus of evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae containing only one species Platycladus orientalis also known as Chinese arborvitae biota or oriental thuja. It […]
Thuja occidentalis
Thuja occidentalis is an evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae which is native to the northeast of the United States and the southeast of Canada but widely cultivated […]
Thuja plicata
Thuja plicata commonly called western or Pacific redcedar giant or western arborvitae giant cedar or shinglewood is a species of Thuja an evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae […]
Goose barnacle
Goose barnacles (order Pedunculata) also called stalked barnacles or gooseneck barnacles are filter-feeding crustaceans that live attached to hard surfaces of rocks and flotsam in the ocean intertidal zone.
House of Borgia
The Borgia (Italian pronunciation: [ˈbɔrdʒa] Spanish: Borja [ˈborxa] Valencian: Borja [ˈbɔɾdʒa]) family became prominent during the Renaissance in Italy.
Pinus lambertiana
Pinus lambertiana commonly known as the sugar pine or sugar cone pine is the tallest and most massive pine (genus Pinus) and has the longest cones of any conifer. It […]
Barbera
Barbera is a red Italian wine grape variety that as of 2000 was the third most-planted red grape variety in Italy (after Sangiovese and Montepulciano). It produces good yields and […]
Phyllocladus
Phyllocladus is a small genus of conifers now usually treated in the family Podocarpaceae. Species occur mainly in New Zealand Tasmania and Malesia in the southern hemisphere though P. hypophyllus […]
Podocarpaceae
Podocarpaceae is a large family of mainly Southern Hemisphere conifers comprising about 156 species of evergreen trees and shrubs. It contains 19 genera if Phyllocladus is included and if Manoao […]