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Date Palms
(Genus Phoenix)
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Phoenix is a genus of 14 species of palms, native to an area starting from the Canary Islands in the west, across northern and central Africa, to the extreme southeast of Europe (Crete), and continuing throughout southern Asia from Turkey east to southern China and Malaysia. The diverse habitats they occupy include swamps, deserts, and mangrove sea coasts. Most Phoenix species originate in semiarid regions, but usually occur near high groundwater levels, rivers, or springs. T
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Canary Island Palm
(Phoenix canariensis)
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Phoenix canariensis is a species of flowering plant in the palm family Arecaceae, native to the Canary Islands. It is a relative of Phoenix dactylifera, the true date palm. It is the natural symbol of the Canary Islands, together with the canary Serinus canaria. Mature P. canariensis are often used in the ornamental landscape and are collected and transplanted to their new planting location. A Canary Island Date Palm with 30 feet of trunk is approximately...
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Tall Fescue
(Lolium arundinaceum)
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Festuca arundinacea (syn., Schedonorus arundinaceus and Lolium arundinaceum) is a species of grass commonly known as tall fescue. It is a cool-season perennial C3 species of bunchgrass native to Europe. It is an important forage grass throughout Europe, and many cultivars have been used in agriculture. It is also an ornamental grass in gardens, and a phytoremediation plant.
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Pygmy Date Palm
(Phoenix roebelenii)
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Phoenix roebelenii, with common names of pygmy date palm, miniature date palm or just robellini, is a species of date palm native to southeastern Asia, from southwestern China (Yunnan Province), northern Laos and northern Vietnam, (in Dien Bien Province, Ha Giang Province, Cao Bang Province, Lang Son Province). The name is sometimes mistakenly cited as roebelinii.
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Date Palm
(Phoenix dactylifera)
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Phoenix dactylifera, commonly known as date or date palm, is a flowering plant species in the palm family, Arecaceae, cultivated for its edible sweet fruit. Although its place of origin is unknown because of long cultivation, it probably originated from lands around Iraq. The species is widely cultivated and is naturalized in many tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.
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Mediterranean Fan Palm
(Chamaerops humilis)
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Chamaerops is a genus of flowering plants in the palm family Arecaceae. The only currently fully accepted species is Chamaerops humilis, variously called European fan palm, or the Mediterranean dwarf palm. It is one of the more cold-hardy palms used in landscaping in temperate climates.
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Small Phoenix
(Ecliptopera silaceata)
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Ecliptopera silaceata, the small phoenix, is a moth of the family Geometridae.
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Vine Hawkmoth
(Hippotion celerio)
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Hippotion celerio, the vine hawk-moth or silver-striped hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
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Reclining Date Palm
(Phoenix reclinata)
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The Wild date palm or Senegal date palm (Phoenix reclinata, reclinata - Latin, reclining) is a species of flowering plant in the palm family native to tropical Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. It is also reportedly naturalized in Florida, Puerto Rico, Bermuda and the Leeward Islands. The plants are found from sea level to 3000 m, in rain forest clearings, monsoonal forests and rocky mountainsides.
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Spiny Date Palm
(Phoenix loureiroi)
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Phoenix loureiroi (common name mountain date palm) is a species of flowering plant in the palm family, indigenous to southern Asia, from the southern islands of the Philippines, India, southern Bhutan, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Pakistan, and China. It occurs in deciduous and evergreen forests and in clear terrain from sea level to 1,500 m altitude.
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The Phoenix
(Eulithis prunata)
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Eulithis prunata, the phoenix, is a moth of the genus Eulithis in the family Geometridae.
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Sugar Date Palm
(Phoenix sylvestris)
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Phoenix sylvestris (sylvestris - Latin, of the forest) also known as silver date palm, Indian date, sugar date palm or wild date palm, is a species of flowering plant in the palm family native to southern Pakistan, most of India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma and Bangladesh. It is also reportedly naturalized in Mauritius, the Chagos Archipelago, Puerto Rico and the Leeward Islands. Growing in plains and scrubland up to 1300 m above sea level, the
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Day's Cymbidium
(Cymbidium dayanum)
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The Day's Cymbidium (Cymbidium dayanum) is a species of orchid, also known as the Phoenix Orchid or Tree Orchid.
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Phoenix Jumping Spider
(Phidippus phoenix)
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Phidippus phoenix is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae. It is found in the United States and Mexico.
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Phoenix Talussnail
(Sonorella allynsmithi)
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Sonorella allynsmithi (syn. Maricopella allynsmithi) is a species of land snail in the family Helminthoglyptidae. It is native to Arizona in the United States.
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Phoenix Fly
(Dorycera graminum)
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Dorycera graminum is a species of picture-winged fly in the genus Dorycera of the family Ulidiidae found in Croatia, Corsica, the United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, and Spain.
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Giant Land Snail
(Acavus phoenix)
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Acavus phoenix, the giant land snail, is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Acavidae.
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Theophrastus' Date Palm
(Phoenix theophrasti)
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Phoenix theophrasti, the Cretan date palm, is a palm native to the eastern Mediterranean, with a very restricted distribution, confined to southern Greece, a few sites on Crete and nearby islands as well as some places on the Turkish coast. In Europe, with Chamaerops humilis (palm tree that grows in the Mediterranean) are the unique native palm trees in the continental Europe. In Turkey, it is the only native palm species; all the others—although much more...
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Ash Meadows Milkvetch
(Astragalus phoenix)
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Astragalus phoenix is a rare species of milkvetch known by the common name Ash Meadows milkvetch. It is endemic to Nye County, in southwestern Nevada.
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Phoenix Aeolid
(Cuthona phoenix)
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Tenellia phoenix is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.
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