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Douglas fir with the scientific name Pseudotsuga menziesii also known as Oregon pine or Douglas spruce is an evergreen conifer species native to western North America. The common name is […]

Pseudotsuga macrocarpa commonly called the bigcone Douglas-fir is an evergreen conifer native to the mountains of southern California occurring from the San Rafael Mountains in central Santa Barbara County and […]

Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia giant redwood Sierra redwood Sierran redwood or Wellingtonia) is the sole living species in the genus Sequoiadendron and one of three species of coniferous trees known […]

Pseudotsuga /ˌsjuːdoʊˈtsuːɡə/ is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees in the family Pinaceae. Common names include Douglas fir Douglas-fir Douglas tree and Oregon pine. Pseudotsuga menziesii is widespread in western […]

Clawed lobsters comprise a family (Nephropidae sometimes also Homaridae) of large marine crustaceans. They have long bodies with muscular tails and live in crevices or burrows on the sea floor. […]

The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earth’s land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico. Southern Mexico […]

Azadirachta indica also known as Neem Nimtree and Indian Lilac is a tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae. It is one of two species in the genus Azadirachta and is […]

The shallot (Allium cepa var. aggregatum or the A. cepa Aggregatum Group) is a botanical variety of the species Allium cepa to which the multiplier onion also belongs. The shallot […]

Clostridium botulinum is a Gram-positive rod-shaped anaerobic spore-forming bacterium with the ability to produce the neurotoxin botulinum. The botulinum toxin can cause a severe flaccid paralytic disease in humans and […]

Crayfish also known as crawfish crawdads freshwater lobsters or mudbugs are freshwater crustaceans resembling small lobsters to which they are related; taxonomically they are members of the superfamilies Astacoidea and […]