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Bleeding Heart: Dicentra – Ornamental Plant

Bleeding Heart: Flower Encyclopedia For Kids

Kingdom: Plantae Family: Papaveraceae Tribe: Fumarieae Genus: Dicentra Bleeding Heart — Dicentra is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Fumariaceae, native to Asia and North America. The common name, bleeding heart, is used for many of the species. This name comes from the appearance of the pink flower, which resembles the shape of …

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Chinese Lantern Plant: Herbaceous Perennial

Chinese Lantern Plant

Kingdom: Plantae Family: Solanaceae Order: Solanales Genus: Physalis Chinese Lantern Plant — Chinese Lantern Plant, common name for a herbaceous perennial (a plant that lives at least three years) grown in gardens for its showy fruit. It is native to southeastern Europe and Japan and can survive winter temperatures as low as -40° C (-40° F). In colder regions, it …

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Tiger, Panthera tigris: Mammal Encyclopedia

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Species: Panthera tigris Genus: ‎Panthera Kingdom: Animalia Family: Felidae Tiger – The tiger (Panthera tigris) is a mammal of the Felidae family, the largest of four “big cats” in the Panthera genus. Native to much of eastern and southern Asia, the tiger is an apex predator and an obligate carnivore. Reaching up to 4 metres (13 feet) in total length …

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Georgia State: US Encyclopedia For Students

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Georgia, is the largest state east of the Mississippi River. Its territory extends from the Sea Islands on the Atlantic shore to the forested mountains of the southern Appalachians. Georgia shares borders with five states, bounded on the east by South Carolina and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Alabama, on the north by Tennessee and North Carolina, and …

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Washington State: US Encyclopedia For Students

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Washington State, named in honor of the nation’s first president and popularly known as the Evergreen State because of its extensive forests, is located in the extreme northwestern corner of the continental United States. The Canadian province of British Columbia lies to the north, and the states of Idaho and Oregon form Washington’s eastern and southern borders. Puget Sound and …

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Vermont State: US Encyclopedia For Students

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Vermont State is the northwestern most and second-largest in land area of the New England states. Its name is derived from the French phrase monts verts, “green mountains”, just as its capital, MONTPELIER, is named for the French city of Montpellier. Samuel de Champlain in 1609 was the first European to explore the region, and Lake Champlain in the northwestern …

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Virginia State: US Encyclopedia For Students

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Virginia State, often regarded as the gateway to the South, occupies the middle position on the Atlantic seaboard of the United States. Named for Elizabeth I, England’s “Virgin Queen”, the state is also known as the Old Dominion–in recognition of the decision of Charles II to make the colony a fourth dominion of his realm, after England, Scotland, and Ireland–and …

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