List of articles in "Species" category - Page 1593

The rutabaga swede (from Swedish turnip) turnip yellow turnip or neep (Brassica napobrassica or Brassica napus var. napobrassica or Brassica napus subsp. rapifera) is a root vegetable that originated as […]

Cyanobacteria /saɪˌænoʊbækˈtɪəriə/ also known as Cyanophyta is a phylum of bacteria that obtain their energy through photosynthesis. The name cyanobacteria comes from the color of the bacteria (Greek: κυανός (kyanós) […]

Staphylococcus aureus is a bacterium that is a member of the Firmicutes and is frequently found in the human respiratory tract and on the skin. Although S. aureus is not […]

Micromeria douglasii yerba buena is a rambling aromatic herb of western and northwestern North America ranging from maritime Alaska southwards to California. The plant takes the form of a sprawling […]

Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw water reed sedge (Cladium mariscus) rushes or heather layering the vegetation so as to shed water […]

Salvinia molesta commonly known as giant salvinia or kariba weed after it infested a large portion of the reservoir of the same name is an aquatic fern native to south-eastern […]

Larches are conifers in the genus Larix in the family Pinaceae. Growing from 20 to 45 m tall they are native to much of the cooler temperate northern hemisphere on […]

Dacrydium cupressinum commonly known as rimu is a large evergreen coniferous tree endemic to the forests of New Zealand. It is a member of the southern conifer group the podocarps. […]

Spiny lobsters also known as langouste or rock lobsters are a family (Palinuridae) of about 60 species of achelate crustaceans in the Decapoda Reptantia. Spiny lobsters are also especially in […]

Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura which typically have a very short projecting tail (abdomen) (Greek: βραχύς / brachys = short οὐρά / οura = tail) usually entirely […]