Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
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The long-lived green sea turtle weighs up to 850 pounds (382.5 kg), but anything more than 450 pounds (202.5 kg) is unusual today. The shell is heart-shaped, broad and flatter than most other sea turtles. It also lacks a central ridge.
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Hairy Rattleweed (Baptisia arachnifera)
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Perennial, multi-branched about 50-80 centimeters (20-32 in) tall. Reddish-brown stem is covered by dense silvery-white hairs. Leathery leaves are nearly round or heart-shaped, alternate, 3-8 centimeters (1.2-3.2 in) long.
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Harperella (Ptilimnium nodosum)
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Found on and around wet sand bars, shoals, seeps, fast-flowing clear rocky streams, wet savanna meadows, shallow depressions in flatwoods, shallow pineland pools and ditches. Grows well under open canopies of oak, hickory, and pine. Short duration, annual...
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Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochlys imbricata)
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The hawksbill turtle's shell is covered with glossy brown and tan overlapping scutes, or horny plates. It reaches 2 feet (65 cm) long and weighs an average of 90 pounds (40 kg). The scales of the hawksbill were once used to make combs and curious.
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Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis)
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At 19.5 inches (50 cm), the ivory-billed woodpecker is the largest of the North American woodpeckers -- about the size of a crow. A red crest marks the male; females have a black crest. Both have a white stripe on the side of the head.
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Kirtland's Warbler (Dendroica kirtlandii)
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Kirtland's warbler is the only gray-backed warbler in the eastern United States that wags its tail. This small songbird is about 4.75 inches long (12 cm) with a black-streaked back that extends onto the yellow underside. A white ring circles the eye. Desp...
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Kral Water-plantain (Sagittaria secundifolia)
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Perennial, aquatic herb with an underwater, thick horizontal root about 5 - 10 centimeters (2 - 4 in) long and 6 millimeters (0.25 in) thick. Grows in the cracks in stream beds. Each leaf arches upward and is 5 - 10 centimeters (2 - 4 in) long with a poin...
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Last Generation: Our Endangered Species
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Through the generations, changing environments cause some living things to flourish, some to linger on the edge of existence, and others to no longer survive. Loss of individuals is called death.
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Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
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The leatherback lives in the open ocean out to the edge of the continental shelf. Although this species has been found to nest on the Georgia coast, it is most likely to nest farther south in Florida, along the Gulf of Mexico, or in the West Indies.
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Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta)
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A large-headed turtle with an elongated, heart-shaped shell, the loggerhead has a reddish-brown to brown upper side and yellow to cream underside. Loggerheads are carnivorous, preferring horseshoe crabs, but also eat snails, barnacles, starfish.
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