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Big Bend National Park
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Chihuahuan Desert
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Big Bend National Park is a U.S. national park located in Western Texas, bordering Mexico. It has national significance as the largest protected area of Chihuahuan Desert topography and ecology in the United States. It contains more than 1,200 species of plants, more than 450 species of birds, 56 species of reptiles, and 75 species of mammals. The national park covers 801,163 acres (324,219 ha). A…
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Plants
Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus
Echinocereus stramineus (species),
“Strawberry Cactus”
41
Observations
JAN - DEC
Creosote Bush
Larrea tridentata (species),
“Creosote”, “Chaparral”
39
Observations
JAN - DEC
Pitaya
Echinocereus enneacanthus (species),
“Smallspine Pitaya”
37
Observations
JAN - DEC
Ocotillo
Fouquieria splendens (species),
“Vine-Cactus”
37
Observations
JAN - DEC
Havard’s Century Plant
Agave havardiana (species)
37
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Sceloporus merriami
SPECIES ·
“Canyon Lizard”
107
Observations
JAN - DEC
Greater Earless Lizard
Cophosaurus texanus (species)
61
Observations
JAN - DEC
Spiny Softshell Turtle
Apalone spinifera (species)
22
Observations
JAN - DEC
Western Whiptail
Aspidoscelis tigris (species),
“Tiger Whiptail”
22
Observations
JAN - DEC
Collared Peccary
Pecari tajacu (species),
“Javelina”, “Saíno”, “Báquiro”, “Musk Hog”, “Mexican Hog”, “Quenk”, “Saino”, “Baquiro”, “South American Collared Peccary”
18
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Birds
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura (species)
12,302
Observations
JAN - DEC
White-Winged Dove
Zenaida asiatica (species)
10,978
Observations
JAN - DEC
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos (species)
10,309
Observations
JAN - DEC
Cactus Wren
Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus (species)
8,560
Observations
JAN - DEC
Greater Roadrunner
Geococcyx californianus (species),
“Road-Runner”
8,039
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Oligotoma nigra
SPECIES ·
“Black Webspinner”
17
Observations
JAN - DEC
Monarch Butterfly
Danaus plexippus (species),
“Monarch”, “Milkweed”, “Common Tiger”, “Wanderer”, “Black Veined Brown”, “Common Tiger Wanderer”
13
Observations
JAN - DEC
Cacama valvata
SPECIES
10
Observations
JAN - DEC
Limenitis bredowii
SPECIES
10
Observations
JAN - DEC
Grotella margueritaria
SPECIES
10
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Fungi
Uromyces proeminens
SPECIES
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Lycoperdon marginatum
SPECIES
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Hesperomyces virescens
SPECIES
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Caloplaca flavovirescens
SPECIES ·
“Orange Lichen”
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Teloschistes chrysophthalmus
SPECIES ·
“Teloschistes Lichen”
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
49
Protected Area
33
National Park
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Big Bend National Park
Big Bend National Park
Big Bend National Park
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