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Myrmicine Ants (Subfamily Myrmicinae)Observer
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a small black ant, about the size of one cm. Was found near moist areas that were semi-shaded. There were several crawling on trees nearby.
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Crossandras (Genus Crossandra)Observer
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A dark green shrub with many leaves around 6-7 inches. The flowers are a light orange and around the size of a golf ball. The leaves were smooth and dark green with not many edges or or sharp ridges but rather, several smooth curves.
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Trailing Daisy (Sphagneticola trilobata)Observer
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A plant with leaves the size of a 10 cent coin and locate close to the ground. The texture was smooth with a few bumps and the edges had many ridges. The leaves are light green and the stems are small and interconnected with Kmart, giving the appearance of a vine. The stems are varying shades of brown and some are broken off and spiky.
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Queen of Philippines (Mussaenda philippica)Observer
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A shrub located close to the ground, it's flowers are pure white with a light green outlining the edges and center. The middle having four tony buds the same shade of green. The flowers bloom off the top of the plant, in little bundles of two or three. The leaves have waxy texture and the flowers are soft. The leaves are also about the size of a baseball while the flowers are about and inch or so smaller.
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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A tree about 11-15 feet tall. The trunk height is shorter, splitting off into several thick branches around a foot or so from the ground. The leaves are dark green and about the length of a bookmark. (4-6 inches.) from the leaves and branches, there are several spiky ball-like objects. The light green and actually quite soft and almost squishy. However, under the tree are hardened, spiky, dark not ow versions of it that hurt when poked or picked up.
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Palms (Family Arecaceae)Observer
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Palm trees found on a small beach. The leaves pointed up and fanned out much like most Palm trees. The truck were about 12-16 feet tall with leaves about 4-5 feet long. The trees stood in clusters and produced little shade. The climate was warm and humid. The leaves were dark green with dark brown trunk. The trunk was thick and solid when touched and knocked on while the leaves had almost a waxy feel to when touched.
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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A 10-15 foot tall tree planted outside in a bed of several trees. The trunks if the trees were not as thick as trees else where but were Rather skinny, being completely outdone at the massive top. The leaves made of the top of the better. The leaves were dark and light green, the dark more on top. They leaves were also about the size of a horizontal American dollar bill and the length was a good 6 to 8 inches. They took up of a lot of space and were bunched together along the branches of the tree.
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Field Mushrooms and Allies (Family Agaricaceae)Observer
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A white fungi about the size of an index finger. It was growing on the shade of a large tree, in a patch of several of the same type of fungi. They are pure white with a Brown dot in the middle of the top. The top has the circumference of a golf ball. They didn't have a particular feel but the texture was smooth.
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Golden Bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris)Observer
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Tall bamboo trees with thick, hard stems, growing to a height of about 6-7 feet. The leaves at the top were small, about the size and length of an American dollar bill.
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Garden Canna (Canna × hybrida)Observer
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A tall flower, about 3 feet in height, with large, dark green leaves about 6-8 inches. The actual flower part was red with traces of orange. The petals were about inches. The leaves were smooth and the stem was smooth too. The flower had a sweet smell.
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Elephant Creeper (Argyreia nervosa)Observer
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A large fern draped over a fence. It's leaves varying shades of green and About the size of six inches length with a width of about 4-5. It had long fuzzy pale green vines growing out of it.
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Asian Honey Bee (Apis cerana)Observer
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Black and yellow striped bumblebee. Found in small field with many weeds and grasses and few flowers. About the size of 20 cent coin. They fly low to the ground and can barely hear the buzz. They appear to be fuzzy.
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Dragon-Scale Fern (Pyrrosia piloselloides)Observer
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A vine like plant with leaves that have are the size of Lima beans. The leaves are smooth with a few wrinkles in some of the older ones. The vine er pas around the tree like a net with the leaves hanging off or suctioned aga isn't the tree. The older ones appear dark green with brown or orange edges while newer ones are more pale green.
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Little Ironweed (Cyanthillium cinereum)Observer
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long, thin stem with small purple and white buds about 3 millimeters in length. Sprouts up high from the ground with many clovers around it. It's leaves are about the size of a peas and the stem is fuzzy.
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Artillery Plant (Pilea microphylla)Observer
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About the size of a two dollar bill, it's home is made in a very damp/moist and shaded area. (In this case, a gutter.) its leaves are tiny and bunched together. They're smaller than 1cm. There are several stems about 1-2 inches long growing from the wall with these small leaves bunched together, Corning the entirety of the stem. The leaves have a waxy feel to them too.
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African Giant Snail (Lissachatina fulica)Observer
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Two snails found outside during a thunderstorm. Shells are mostly brown and light yellow vertical stripes but with 3 smaller sections that are gray and brown vertical striped. They are brown in color and have the length of 3 or so inches
