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• Pterourus glaucus • Male is bright yellow with black stripes • Female is less colorful than male • Eats nectar from flowers
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• Order Anura • Hatches from eggs laid in water • Some eggs laid in moist land areas or dropped into water or swept into water by rains or carried to water by parent • Developmental stage between egg...
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• Sedum smallii • Sedum Family (Crassulaceae) • 35 genera and 1,500 species • Succulent herb or small shrub • Leaves simple, alternate or opposite, fleshy • Sepals 4 or 5; petals 4 or 5, free or...
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• Ambystoma maculatum • Widespread in the United States • Stoutly built, 15.2 - 24.8 cm (6 - 9.75 inches) • Black, blue-black, dark gray or dark brown above • Two irregular rows of round, yellow or...
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• Sassafras albidum • Medium to large size tree • Flowers appear before leaves • Leaves not toothed, lobed or not, in three patterns • Patterns have "thumb and mitten" outline, 3 fingers or smooth egg...
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Amphianthus pusillus • Rarest plant in South Carolina Piedmont • Annual plant • Snapdragon family • Fibrous roots • 5 - 10 cm tall (2 - 4 inches) • Grows in vernal pools • Submerged and floating...
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Diospyros virginiana • Native to Eastern United States • Distinctive dark thick bark • Leaves somewhat thickened • Leaves egg shaped and not toothed • Yellow flowers • Grows up to 50 feet tall •...
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Please note: this image contains two plants. In the foreground are Japanese Honeysuckle leaves : • Lonicera japonica • Perennial • Trailing woody vine • Reaches up to 30 feet in length • Nonnative to...
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Genus Polytrichum Stems are rigid Long, pointy leaves arranged spirally around stem Name means "many hairs" Hairy cap covers the capsule before it is fully mature Grows in woods, wetlands in acidic...
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• Anolis carolinensis • Often referred to as a Chameleon, but not a true one • Slight in build with narrow head • Slender with long thin tail • Pink dewlap under throat in male hangs down • Ability to...