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Amorpha Fruticosa
''Amorpha fruticosa'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, known by several common names, including desert false indigo, false indigo-bush, and bastard indigobush. It is native species, native to North America. Description ''Amorpha fruticosa'' is a perennial shrub. It grows as a glandular, thornless shrub which can reach in height and spread to twice that in width. It is somewhat variable in morphology. The leaves are made up of many hairy, oval-shaped, spine-tipped leaflet (botany), leaflets. The inflorescence is a spike-shaped raceme of many flowers, each with a single purple petal and ten protruding stamens with yellow anthers. The fruit is a legume pod containing one or two seeds. Distribution and habitat The native range extends through much of the United States and south into Mexico. Its native habitats include stream and pond edges, open woods, roadsides and canyons. The species has escaped cultivation elsewhere and is present as an introduced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as . Linnaeus was born in Råshult, the countryside of Småland, in southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published the first edition of his ' in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he continued to co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flora Of Eastern Canada
Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring ( indigenous) native plants. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms ''gut flora'' or ''skin flora''. Etymology The word "flora" comes from the Latin name of Flora, the goddess of plants, flowers, and fertility in Roman mythology. The technical term "flora" is then derived from a metonymy of this goddess at the end of the sixteenth century. It was first used in poetry to denote the natural vegetation of an area, but soon also assumed the meaning of a work cataloguing such vegetation. Moreover, "Flora" was used to refer to the flowers of an artificial garden in the seventeenth century. The distinction between vegetation (the general appearance of a community) and flora (the taxonomic composition of a community) was first made by Jules Thurmann (1849). Prior to this, the two terms were used indiscriminately.Thurmann, J. (1849). ''Essai de Ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amorpha
''Amorpha'' is a genus of plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. All the species are native to North America, from southern Canada, most of the United States (US), and northern Mexico. They are commonly known as false indigo. The name ''Amorpha'' means "deformed" or "without form" in Greek and was given because flowers of this genus only have one petal, unlike the usual "pea-shaped" flowers of the Faboideae subfamily. ''Amorpha'' is missing the wing and keel petals. The desert false indigo or indigo bush (''Amorpha fruticosa''), is a shrub that grows from 3 m to 5 m tall. The species is considered a rare species in the US state of West Virginia and in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario, but is considered an invasive plant in some areas of the northeastern and northwestern United States and in southeastern Canada, beyond its native range, and has also been introduced into Europe. The lead plant (''Amorpha canescens''), a bushy shrub, is an important North Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amorpha Fruticosa 'Pendula'
''Amorpha fruticosa'' 'Pendula', or Weeping Desert False Indigo, was a weeping shrub and a cultivar of ''Amorpha fruticosa'', the Desert False Indigo. It was first described in 1868 by Élie-Abel Carrière from France.Govaerts, R., Michielsen, K. & Jablonski, E. (2011). Untraced Weeping Broadleaf cultivars: an overview. Belgische Dendrologie Belge'' 2009: 19-30. No trees are known to survive of this cultivar. Apart from the clone found in France it also seems to have been reported from the wild in Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to th .... Description A large shrub with arching branches forming a dome shape. Accessions This cultivar never seems to have been widely cultivated and no specimens could be traced. The last recorded specimen from Rostock Botanic Garde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Bobwhite
The northern bobwhite (''Colinus virginianus''), also known as the Virginia quail or (in its home range) bobwhite quail, is a ground-dwelling bird native to Canada, the United States, Mexico, and Cuba, with introduced populations elsewhere in the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia. It is a member of the group of species known as New World quail (Odontophoridae). They were initially placed with the Old World quail in the pheasant family (Phasianidae), but are not particularly closely related. The name "bobwhite" is an onomatopoeic derivation from its characteristic whistling call. Despite its secretive nature, the northern bobwhite is one of the most familiar quails in eastern North America, because it is frequently the only quail in its range. Habitat degradation has likely contributed to the northern bobwhite population in eastern North America declining by roughly 85% from 1966 to 2014. This population decline is apparently range-wide and continuing. There are 20 subspecies of north ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Dogface
''Zerene cesonia'', the southern dogface, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Pieridae, subfamily Coliadinae (until recently the species was sometimes placed in the related genus ''Colias'' instead of ''Zerene''). Description The upper side of the pointed forewings have a dogface pattern. The wings are mainly yellow with black borders. The underside of the wings is mostly yellow with a black eyespot on the forewing and two white spots on the hindwing. Ecology This butterfly can be found in short-grass prairie hills, open woodlands, and near road edges. Both male and female southern dogfaces may be seen feeding at flowers such as alfalfa, ''Coreopsis'' species, '' Houstonia'' species, and ''Verbena'' species. Males are also fond of puddling. Its host plants include the leadplant ''Amorpha canescens'', false indigo ''Amorpha fruticosa'', soybean ''Glycine max'', alfalfa ''Medicago sativa'', black dalea ''Dalea frutescens'', purple prairie clover ''Dalea pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epargyreus Clarus
''Epargyreus clarus'', the silver-spotted skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is claimed to be the most recognized skipper in North America. occurs in fields, gardens, and at forest edges and ranges from southern Canada throughout most of the United States to northern Mexico, but is absent in the Great Basin and western Texas. larvae create and reside in unique shelters stuck together with silk, which do not protect them from predators. Natural predators of the species include paper wasp foragers, sphecid wasp and ''Crematogaster opuntiae'' ants. The species is also considered to be a perching species, meaning that adult males compete for territory to attract females. Although is considered to be a pest of a few crop plants such as beans, its pest activity is not serious enough to warrant initiating major control measures. Geographic range ''Epargyreus clarus'' has a wide distribution throughout North America: it ranges from southern Canada throug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptotes Marina
''Leptotes marina'', the marine blue or striped blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in North America and Central America. Description The wingspan is 22–29 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September in the north and all year round in south. Its habitats include weedy, open sites and deserts. Marine blue (Leptotes marina).jpg, Leptotes marina-ventral.jpg, at Montebello, California Ecology The larvae feed on '' Astragalus'', '' Amorpha californica'', ''Acacia greggii'', ''Dalea purpurea'', ''Dolichos lablab'', ''Galactia'', '' Glycyrrhiza lepidota'', '' Prosopis glandulosa'', '' Lysiloma thornberi'', '' Lathyrus odoratus'', '' Medicago sativa'', '' Lotus scoparius dendroides'', ''Phaseolus'', ''Wisteria sinensis'' and '' Plumbago''. Larvae are also associated with introduced '' Iridomyrmex humilis'' (Argentine ants). References External links Marina A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : ''marina'', "coast" or "shor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Io Moth
''Automeris io'', the Io moth () or peacock moth, is a colorful North American moth in the family Saturniidae. The io moth is also a member of the subfamily Hemileucinae. The name Io comes from Greek mythology in which Io was a mortal lover of Zeus. The Io moth ranges from the southeast corner of Manitoba and in the southern extremes of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada, and in the US it is found from Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, east of those states and down to the southern end of Florida. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. Adult description Imagines (sexually mature, reproductive stage) have a wingspan of 2.5–3.5 inches (63–88 mm). This species is sexually dimorphic: males have bright yellow forewings, body, and legs, while females have reddish-brown to purple forewings, body, and legs. The males also have much bigger plumose (feathery) antennae than the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoary Edge
*Legumes
''Cecropterus lyciades'', the hoary edge, is a species of skipper in the family Hesperiidae which can be seen throughout the eastern United States in open woodlands, deciduous mixed forest and sandy areas. ''Achalarus lyacides'' is an uncommon butterfly that is named after an underlying whitish patch on the hindwing patch. Description The wingspan of the hoary edge is 4.5 to 4.9 cm. This butterfly is very similar in appearance to ''Epargyreus clarus'' but is smaller and has a longer strip of diffused silver on its wing. Life cycle There are two broods each year in April and September. Larval foods * Tickseed *Fabaceae The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomenc ... References * * * * *Jinhui Shen, Qian Cong, Dominika Borek ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gray Hairstreak
The gray hairstreak (''Strymon melinus'') is also called the bean lycaenid or cotton square borer. It is a member of the Lycaenidae family, known as the gossamer-winged butterflies and the second-largest family of butterflies. It is one of the most common hairstreaks in North America, ranging over nearly the entire continent. It also occurs throughout Central America and in northern South America. General Description The adult gray hairstreak has a wingspan of . The upper sides of the wings are gray with an orange spot on the hind margin. The underside of the wings are a lighter gray with white and black lines and orange and blue marginal spots near the hind-wings' tail-like extensions. Caterpillars are green with markings on the sides, covered in short yellow hairs. Habitat The gray hairstreak lives in a wide range of habitats ranging from tropical forests and mountains to temperate woodland areas and meadows, as well as cities and farmland. Food The caterpillars of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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