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The purple finch was designated the state bird of New Hampshire in 1957. [13] The New Hampshire red hen (breed of domestic chicken) was also proposed, but was not chosen in favor of the purple finch. [14] In 1763, Richard Brookes made the description of the female purple finch in Mexico with the name of "chiantototl" (chia seed bird). [15]
Viburnum trilobum (cranberrybush viburnum, American cranberrybush, high bush cranberry, or highbush cranberry) is a species of Viburnum native to northern North America, from Newfoundland west to British Columbia, south to Washington state and east to northern Virginia.
Viburnum grandiflorum, variously called the cranberry bush, flowering viburnum, grand viburnum, and Himalayan viburnum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Viburnaceae, native to the Himalayan region. [1] [2] It grows in open forests. [3]
The American cranberry bush's white flowers give way to red berries that are a good food source for wildlife - and make excellent jams and jellies. Native Plant: American cranberry bush bears ...
Black-masked finch: Coryphaspiza melanotis (Temminck, 1822) 10 Pampa finch: Embernagra platensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) 11 Serra finch: Embernagra longicauda Strickland, 1844: 12 Lesser grass finch: Emberizoides ypiranganus Ihering, HFA & Ihering, R, 1907: 13 Wedge-tailed grass finch: Emberizoides herbicola (Vieillot, 1817) 14 Duida grass finch
The name cranberry derives from the Middle Low German kraanbere (English translation, craneberry), first named as cranberry in English by the missionary John Eliot in 1647. [11] Around 1694, German and Dutch colonists in New England used the word, cranberry, to represent the expanding flower, stem , calyx , and petals resembling the neck, head ...
Confusingly, only 79 of the species include "finch" in their common names, and several other families include species called finches. This list includes 18 extinct species, the Bonin grosbeak and 17 Hawaiian honeycreepers.
Purple finch Haemorhous purpureus: 1957 Raptor: Red-tailed Hawk [3] Buteo jamaicensis: 2019 Flower: Purple lilac Syringa vulgaris: 1919 Tree: White birch Betula papyrifera: 1947 Animal: White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus: 1983 Freshwater game fish: Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis: 1994 Dog: Chinook: 2009 Saltwater game fish: Striped ...