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Turnstones
(Genus Arenaria)
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Turnstones are two bird species that comprise the genus Arenaria in the family Scolopacidae. They are closely related to calidrid sandpipers and might be considered members of the tribe Calidriini. The genus name arenaria is from Latin arenarius, "inhabiting sand, from arena, "sand".
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Ruddy Turnstone
(Arenaria interpres)
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The ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) is a small wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria. The scientific name is from Latin. The genus name arenaria derives from arenarius, "inhabiting sand, from arena, "sand". The specific interpres means "messenger"; when visiting Gotland in 1741, Linnaeus thought that the Swedish word Tolk "interpreter" applied to this species, but in the local dialect the word means "legs" a
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Genus Arenaria
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Arenaria is a genus of flowering plants, within the family Caryophyllaceae.
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Green Bristle Grass
(Setaria viridis)
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Setaria viridis is a species of grass known by many common names, including green foxtail green bristlegrass, and wild foxtail millet. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of Setaria italica. It is native to Eurasia, but it is known on most continents as an introduced species and is closely related to Setaria faberi, a noxious weed. It is a hardy grass which grows in many types of urban, cultivated, and disturbed habitat, including vacant lots,
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Common Aerial Yellowjacket
(Dolichovespula arenaria)
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Dolichovespula arenaria, also known as the common aerial yellowjacket, sandhills hornet, and common yellow hornet, is a species of wasps within the Dolichovespula genus widely distributed in the North American continent.
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Thyme-leaved Sandwort
(Arenaria serpyllifolia)
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Arenaria serpyllifolia, commonly known as thyme-leaf sandwort, or thyme-leaved sandwort is a plant in the family Caryophyllaceae.
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Red Sand Spurrey
(Spergularia rubra)
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Spergularia rubra, the red sandspurry or red sand-spurrey, is a plant species in the pink family. It is native to Europe and Asia, and it is present on other continents, including North and South America and Australia, as an introduced species and in many areas a common weed. It grows in a wide variety of habitat types.
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Black Turnstone
(Arenaria melanocephala)
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The black turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala) is a species of small wading bird. It is one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria the ruddy turnstone (A. interpres) being the other. It is now classified in the sandpiper family, Scolopacidae, but was formerly sometimes placed in the plover family, Charadriidae. It is native to the west coast of North America and breeds only in Alaska.
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European Marram Grass
(Calamagrostis arenaria)
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Three-nerved Sandwort
(Moehringia trinervia)
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Moehringia trinervia, commonly known as apetalous sandwort or three-nerved sandwort, is a herbaceous annual plant of the family Caryophyllaceae. A native of Eurasia, it has been introduced into North America.
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Soft-shelled Clam
(Mya arenaria)
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Soft-shell clams (American English) or sand gaper (British English/Europe), scientific name Mya arenaria, popularly called "steamers", "softshells", "longnecks", "piss clams", "Ipswich clams", or "Essex clams" are a species of edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Myidae.
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Red Fescue
(Festuca rubra)
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Festuca rubra is a species of grass known by the common name red fescue or creeping red fescue. It is widespread across much of the Northern Hemisphere and can tolerate many habitats and climates. It is best adapted to well-drained soils in cool, temperate climates; it prefers shadier areas and is often planted for its shade tolerance. Wild animals browse it, but it has not been important for domestic forage due to low productivity and palatability....
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Bluntleaf Sandwort
(Moehringia lateriflora)
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Moehringia lateriflora (bluntleaf sandwort) is a plant species native to Europe, Asia, the northern United States and most of Canada. It has been reported from every province and territory in Canada except the Northwest Territories, as well as every state in the northern half of the US, including Alaska, plus New Mexico and from Saint Pierre & Miquelon. It is also reported from Russia, China, Korea, Mongolia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Latvia, Estonia, Be
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Largeleaf Sandwort
(Moehringia macrophylla)
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Moehringia macrophylla, commonly known as the largeleaf sandwort, is a species of flowering plant in the pink family. It is native to parts of eastern and western North America, where it can be found in moist, shady habitat types, such as mountain forests. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing erect to about 18 centimeters in maximum height. The lance-shaped leaves are up to 5 centimeters long and oppositely arranged about the stem. The inflorescence is...
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Desert Inkcap
(Montagnea arenaria)
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Montagnea arenaria is a species of secotioid fungus in the Agaricaceae family. Originally named Agaricus arenarius by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1815, it was transferred to the genus Montagnea by Sanford Myron Zeller in 1943. The species is characterized by a cap that has an apical disc, radial gills, a hymenophore, and spores with a prominent germ pore.
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Greenland Stitchwort
(Mononeuria groenlandica)
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Sticky Sand-Spurrey
(Spergularia macrotheca)
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Spergularia macrotheca is a species of flowering plant in the pink family known by the common name sticky sandspurry. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to Baja California, where it grows in many types of moist coastal and inland habitat, often in alkaline and saline substrates. It may be found in marshes, alkali flats, beaches, meadows, seeps, and vernal pools. It is a perennial herb producing a narrow stem up to 40...
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