Appendix B: Common and Scientific Names
Plants
Acacia
Acacia
Ash
Fraxinus
Aspen, quaking
Populus tremuloides
Basswood (linden)
Tilia
Beech, southern
Nothofagus
Birch
Betula
Blackeyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
Bluestem, big
Andropogon gerardii
Bluestem, little
Schizachyrium
scoparium
Buffalograss
Bouteloua
dactyloides
Cactus apple (prickly-pear)
Opuntina engelmanni
Cactus, saguaro
Carnegiea gigantea
Cedro espino
Pachira quinata
Cheatgrass
Bromus tectorum
Chestnut (American)
Castanea dentata
Creosote bush
Larrea tridentata
Douglas-fir
Pseudotsuga
menziesii
Eucalyptus (gum)
Eucalyptus
Elm
Ulmus
Fir
Abies
Hemlock
Tsuga
Hemlock, western
Tsuga heterophylla
Hickory
Carya
Hornbeam, American
Carpinus caroliniana
Juniper
Juniperus
Kauri
Agathis australis
Larch (tamarack)
Larix
Laurel
Kalmia
Locoweed
Oxytropis
Magnolia
Magnolia
Maple
Acer
Maple, sugar
Acer saccharum
Mesquite
Prosopis
Oak
Quercus
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Oak, cork
Quercus suber
Ocotillo
Fouquieria splendens
Pine
Pinus
Pine, lodgepole
Pinus contorta
Pine, ponderosa
Pinus ponderosa
Plum pine
Podocarpus
Popular (cottonwood)
Populus
Pinyon
Pinus edulis
Redcedar, western
Thuja plicata
Redwood
Sequoia
sempervirens
Sagebrush
Artemisia
Smoketree
Psorothamnus
spinosus
Spruce
Picea
Spruce, white
Picea glauca
Sunflower, common
Helianthus annuus
Tamarisk (salt-cedar)
Tamarix gallica
Tuliptree
Liriodendron
tulipifera
Walnut
Juglans
Willow
Salix
Animals
Antelope (see pronghorn)
Badger, American
Taxidea taxus
Bear
Ursidae
Bear, polar
Ursus maritimus
Beaver, American
Castor canadensis
Bison, American
Bison bison
Bongo
Tragelaphus
eurycerus
Buffalo, African (Cape
buffalo)
Syncerus caffer
Camel
Camelus
Caribou (reindeer)
Rangifer tarandus
Chipmunk
Tamias
Chipmunk, alpine
Tamias alpinus
Crocodile
Crocodylus
Deer
Cervidae
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