canadensis
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- /ˌkænəˈdɛn.sɪs/
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canadensis
- The species name of the eastern hemlock is Tsuga canadensis, reflecting its native habitat in Canada.
- Castor canadensis
- Tsuga canadensis
- Lynx canadensis
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The red exudate from bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), for instance, indicates that it should be applied to ailments of the blood.
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The scientific name for the common beaver is Castor canadensis, indicating its origin from Canada.
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Suga canadensis, the eastern hemlock, the Redwood of the east.
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Once a prolific pest in Europe, E. canadensis has ultimately shown significant decline (Cook 1993).
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Subsequent research revealed similar preservation in an even older (about 80-million-year-old) Brachylophosaurus canadensis.
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Goose (Branta canadensis minima).
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One of these processes, dam building by North American beavers (Castor canadensis), generated discontinuities throughout precolonial river systems of northern North America.
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Jarrell, R. A., and Yves Gingras. "Building Canadian Science." Scientia Canadensis 15, no. 2 (1991): 1-17.
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Whatever the reason for its decline, the case of E. canadensis indicates that exclusive vegetative reproduction in water plants may be insufficient to facilitate long-term adaptation to varying environmental conditions, particularly under dynamic selective regimes.
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For instance, in Tennessee, an estimated 0.8-2 million ha of soybean crops are infested with glyphosate-resistant horseweed (C. canadensis) (Heap 2011).
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Compounds
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A small North American bush that loses its leaves in winter with bright red autumn leaves and red berries
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A large North American wild goose with grey-brown feathers and a loud call
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A North American bird that lives in spruce forests and eats needles
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A small tree from eastern North America that loses its leaves in winter and has pink flowers in spring
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A large North American deer whose males have big branched antlers
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A common weed with narrow leaves and small yellow-green flowers that grows along roads and fields
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A woodland plant with pale cream flowers and thick roots shaped like corn kernels
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A water plant from North America with long green stems that grows in ponds
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A tall wild grass from North America with bristly spikes that grows in prairies and open woods
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A tall weed from North America that lives for one year and has narrow leaves and small yellow flower heads
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A North American forest plant with white flowers that blooms in early summer
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A wildflower from eastern North America with red and yellow flowers that have long spurs
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A plant with stinging hairs that grows in moist shady woods in eastern North America
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A North American plant with clusters of blue-violet flowers, also called blue toadflax
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A North American otter that lives in rivers and lakes and is often found in groups
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A wild cat called the Canada lynx that lives in northern North America
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A woodland plant with a thick yellow root used in traditional medicine
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A low bush that makes small edible dark berries and has stems that trail on the ground
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A wild sheep with large curved horns that lives in the mountains of western North America
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A small gray bird found in northern forests that takes food from campsites
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A small jay with a white head that lives in Rocky Mountain forests
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A North American bush that makes dark purple berries used to make wine and jam
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A woodland plant with a red root, a single lobed leaf, and a white spring flower
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A small bird with blue-grey back and red breast that lives in northern pine forests
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A tall plant with many small yellow flowers that often grows wild and spreads quickly
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A tall wild flower with white petals marked by purple streaks that grows in North American woods
Surface Forms
Etymology
Canadensis comes from Latin and means 'from Canada', with the ending -ensis showing 'from' or 'of a place'. So when a plant or animal has canadensis in its scientific name, it tells you the species is originally from Canada.