SDZWA Subject Headings
Subject Headings Used in SDZWA Library Catalog Records
Below are the SDZWA Library’s lists of subject, taxonomic, and geographic search terms.
Only the terms in UPPERCASE are used to index SDZWA Library and Archives holdings. If you run a subject search in our catalog and don’t find the expected results, please check this list for the terms in uppercase that most closely match what you are looking for.
Please note: Bracketed [ ] headings are used to group related terms, and are typically not used as subject terms themselves.
Subject Search Terms
A
AABGA use for Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta
AAM use for American Association of Museums
AZA use for American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums
AAZK use for American Association of Zoo Keepers
AAZPA see AZA
ABNORMALITIES
ALBINISM
ACTION PLANS
ACUPUNCTURE
ADAPTATION
CAMOUFLAGE
ADULT
AGEING
AGGRESSION
AGRICULTURE use for agricultural science
AIR POLLUTION
ALBINISM
ALMANACS
American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta use AABGA
American Association of Museums use AAM
American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums use AZA
American Association of Zoo Keepers use AAZK
American Zoo and Aquarium Association use AZA
AMPHIBIANS see Amphibians for specific taxonomic terms
AMUSEMENT PARKS
DISNEYLAND
SEA WORLD
ANATOMY
DENTITION
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
INTEGUMENT
ANTLERS
CLAWS
FEATHERS
GLANDS
HAIR
HOOVES
HORNS
SCALES
SKIN
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
NERVOUS SYSTEM
PULMONARY SYSTEM
reproductive system use UROGENITAL SYSTEM
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
SENSE ORGANS
UROGENITAL SYSTEM
ANESTHESIOLOGY
ANIMAL CELEBRITIES
[ANIMAL CONSTRUCTIONS]
BURROWS
DENS
NESTS
ANIMAL CONTROL
IDENTIFICATION
RESTRAINT
SEDATION
TRACKING use for monitoring
TRAINING
TRAPPING
ANIMAL ECOLOGY
[ANIMAL HOUSING] see also EXHIBITS, HABITATS
AQUARIUMS
AVIARIES
INSECTARIUMS
NATIONAL PARKS
NATURE RESERVES
SAFARI PARK BIODIVERSITY RESERVE
PRIMATE CENTERS
TERRARIUMS
ZOOS
BEIJING ZOO
BRONX ZOO
CHILDREN’S ZOOS
LONDON ZOO
NATIONAL ZOO
SAN DIEGO ZOO
SAFARI PARK use for San Diego Zoo, Safari Park, San Diego Wild Animal Park, San Diego WAP
ANIMAL-HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
animal husbandry use HUSBANDRY
ANIMAL-PLANT RELATIONSHIPS
ANIMAL RIGHTS
ANIMAL SHOWS
ANIMAL WELFARE
ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT
[ANIMALS]
AMPHIBIANS
AQUARIUM ANIMALS
BIRDS
AVIARY BIRDS
CIRCUS ANIMALS
DOMESTIC ANIMALS
FERAL ANIMALS
FISHES
LABORATORY ANIMALS
MAMMALS
NOCTURNAL ANIMALS
REPTILES
TOXIC ANIMALS
VENOMOUS ANIMALS
WILD ANIMALS
ZOO ANIMALS
ANNUALS see also PERENNIALS
ANTHROPOLOGY
ANTIVENINS (use for ANTIVENOMS; see also VENOMOUS ANIMALS)
ANTLERS
AQUARIUM ANIMALS
AQUARIUMS
arboretums use BOTANICAL GARDENS
ARBORICULTURE
PRUNING
PLANTING
ARCHITECTURE
ARCHIVES
ART
DRAWINGS
NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
PAINTINGS
PHOTOGRAPHY
ARTHROPODS
ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION
ATLASES
AUDIOLOGY
AVIMARIES
AVIARY BIRDS
AZA use for Association of Zoos & Aquariums
B
banding use IDENTIFICATION
BEES
BEETLES
BEHAVIOR
AGGRESSION
COMMUNICATION
COMPETITION
CONDITIONING
DISPLAY
FEEDING
CARNIVOROUS
CANNIBALISM
FOOD HOARDING
FOOD SHARING
FORAGING
HERBIVOROUS
OMNIVOROUS
PREDATION
SCAVENGING
GROOMING
IMPRINTING
INSTINCT
LEARNING
CONDITIONING
INTELLIGENCE
MEMORY
maternal behavior use PARENTING
MIGRATION
MIMICRY
PARENTING
PLAY
PREENING
SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
COURTSHIP
DISPLAY
MATING
SCENT MARKING
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
SOCIAL HIERARCHIES
STEREOTYPIES
STRESS
TERRITORIALITY
TOOL USE
BGCS use for Botanical Gardens Conservation Secretariat
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
BIOACOUSTICS
BIOCHEMISTRY
BIODIVERSITY use for species/genetic diversity
BIOGEOGRAPHY also see DISTRIBUTION
BIOGRAPHIES
BIOINFORMATICS
BIOINSPIRATION use for biomimicry
BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS
BIOLOGY
biomes use ECOSYSTEMS
biomimicry use BIOINSPIRATION
BIRDS see Birds for specific taxonomic terms
AVIARY BIRDS
WATERFOWL
BIRTH
BIRTH CONTROL
BOOK CLUB
BONOBO
ROAD
BONSAI
BOTANICAL GARDENS use for major gardens and arboreta
Botanic Gardens Conservation Secretariat use BGCS
BOTANY
ETHNOBOTANY use for ethnomedicine or ethnopharmacology
BOTANISTS
BREEDING
BRONX ZOO see also WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY
BULBS AND RHIZOMES
BURROWING
BURROWS
BUSINESS
BUTTERFLIES (See species under INVERTEBRATES)
C
CAMERA TRAPS
CAMOUFLAGE
CANCER see also ONCOLOGY, TUMORS
CANNIBALISM
captive management use HUSBANDRY
captive breeding use BREEDING
Captive Breeding Specialist Group use CBSG
CAPTURE-RECAPTURE
CARDIOLOGY
CARDIOVASULAR SYSTEM
CARE OF EGGS
CARE OF YOUNG
CAREERS
CARNIVORES
CARNIVOROUS
CARNIVOROUS PLANTS
CBSG use for Captive Breeding Specialist Group
CELL CULTURE
Center for Plant Conservation use CPC
CHARTS use for design, creation, and use of charts, diagrams, graphs, and plots
CHECKLISTS
CHEMISTRY
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
CHILDREN’S ZOOS
circadian rhythms use BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS
CIRCULATION
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
CIRCUS ANIMALS
CITES use for Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
CITIZEN SCIENCE
CLASSIFICATION
CLAWS
CLIMATE
AIR POLLUTION
LIGHT
TEMPERATURE
WATER
WIND
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CONTROL
CLIMBING
CLONING
COASTAL REGIONS
COLORATION
COMMUNICATION
VOCALIZATIONS
SONG
DISPLAY
SCENT MARKING
COMMUNITIES see also POPULATIONS
comparative studies use RESEARCH
COMPETITION
COMPUTERS
COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
CONDITIONING
CONDOR RIDGE
CONIFEROUS FORESTS
congresses use PROCEEDINGS
CONNECTIVITY use for landscape connectivity and habitat fragmentation
CONSERVATION
HABITAT CONSERVATION
PLANT CONSERVATION
WATER CONSERVATION
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
REINTRODUCTION
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
CONSERVATION LAWS
[CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS]
BGCS use for Botanical Gardens Conservation Secretariat
CBSG use for Captive Breeding Specialist Group
CITES use for Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna
ICBP use for International Council for Bird Preservation
IUCN use for International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Species360
SSC use for Species Survival Commission
CONTAINER GARDENS
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species use CITES
cooperative breeding use BREEDING
CONTRACEPTION
COPULATION
COPYRIGHT
COURTSHIP
DISPLAY
CPC use for Center for Plant Conservation
(CRES) use ICR
CULTURE use for human artifacts/ beliefs/ customs; also see ART
CURATORS
CUSTOMER SERVICE
CYTOLOGY
D
DATA PROCESSING
darting use IMMOBILIZATION
DEATH
DENS
DENTISTRY
DENTITION
DESERT GARDENS
DESERTS
DESIGN
DEVELOPMENT
DIAGNOSIS
diagrams use CHARTS
DICTIONARIES
DIETS
DIETS IN MANAGED CARE
DIETS IN WILD
DIGITAL LIBRARIES
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
DIGESTION
dimorphism use SEX DIFFERENCES
DINOSAURS
DIRECTORIES
DISEASES
DISNEYLAND
DISPLAY
DISTRIBUTION also see BIOGEOGRAPHY
diversity use BIODIVERSITY
DOMESTIC ANIMALS
PETS
LIVESTOCK
POULTRY
DRAWINGS
DROUGHT
DROUGHT TOLERANCE
E
EARTHQUAKES
EBOOKS
ECOLOGY
ANIMAL ECOLOGY
PLANT ECOLOGY
URBAN ECOLOGY
ECONOMICS
ECOSYSTEMS see also HABITATS
COASTAL REGIONS
DESERTS
FORESTS
CONIFEROUS FORESTS
RAINFORESTS
GRASSLANDS
SAVANNAS
STEPPES
MOUNTAINS
PANTANAL
RIPARIAN AREAS
SCRUB use for chaparral
TUNDRA
MANGROVES
SWAMPS AND MARSHES
LAKES AND RIVERS
VERNAL POOLS
OCEANS
ISLANDS
WETLANDS
ECOTOURISM
EDUCATION
EGG LAYING
EGGS
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
EMBRYOLOGY
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
ENDANGERED SPECIES see also CONSERVATION
ENDOCRINOLOGY
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
HORMONES
PHEROMONES
endowments use GRANTS
enrichment use ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT
ENERGY
ENTERTAINMENT
ANIMAL SHOWS
MOVIES
TV SHOWS
VIDEOS
ENTOMOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
AIR POLLUTION
DROUGHT
FIRE
FLOOD
SOIL QUALITY
TEMPERATURE
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
environmental issues use CONSERVATION, POLLUTION, CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES, REGULATIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENTALISM use for social movement; see also SUSTAINABILITY
EQUIPMENT
EROSION CONTROL
ESPALIER
ETHICS
ETHNOBOTANY use for ethnomedicine or ethnopharmacology
EUTHANASIA
EVENTS
ANNIVERSARIES
EVOLUTION
ADAPTATION
CAMOUFLAGE
EXTINCTION
NATURAL SELECTION
EXCRETION
exercise use FITNESS
EXHIBITS see also [ANIMAL HOUSING]
EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
EXTINCT ANIMALS
EXTINCT PLANTS
EXTINCTION
F
facts use STATISTICS
FEATHERS
FECES
FEEDING
CARNIVOROUS
CANNIBALISM
FOOD HOARDING
FOOD SHARING
FORAGING
HERBIVOROUS
OMNIVOROUS
PREDATION
SCAVENGING
FERAL ANIMALS
FERTILITY
FERTILIZATION
FETUS
FICTION
FIELD GUIDES
field studies use RESEARCH
FINANCE
FIRE
FISHES
SHARKS
FITNESS use for physical fitness, exercise; see also HEALTH
FLIGHT see also MIGRATION
FLOCKING
FLOOD
FLORAS
FLOWERING PLANTS
WILDFLOWERS
FOLKLORE
food use DIETS or NUTRITION
FOOD HOARDING
FOOD PLANTS
FOOD SERVICE
FOOD SHARING
FORAGING
FORESTS
CONIFEROUS FORESTS
RAINFORESTS
FOSSILS
fragmentation use CONNECTIVITY
FRAGRANT PLANTS
FRUITS AND SEEDS
FROZEN ZOO
FUND RAISING
G
GAME ANIMALS
GARDENS see also BOTANICAL GARDENS
CONTAINER GARDENS
DESERT GARDENS
HERB GARDENS
HYDROPONIC GARDENS
JAPANESE GARDENS
NATIVE GARDENS
ROCK GARDENS
VEGETABLE GARDENS
WATER GARDENS
GASTROENTEROLOGY
GAZETTEERS
GENETICS see also FROZEN ZOO
BIODIVERSITY
CLONING
CHROMOSOMES
CYTOGENETICS
GENOMICS
HYBRIDIZATION
INBREEDING
MEDICAL GENETICS
POPULATION GENETICS
GENOMICS
geographic information systems use GIS
[GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS] see separate listing
GEOGRAPHY
GEOLOGY
GIS use for geographic information systems, spatial data, spatial analysis
GLANDS
GORILLA TROPICS
GORILLA
GROTTO
governmental policies use REGULATIONS
graphs use CHARTS
GRANTS includes endowments and granting agencies
GRASSES
GRASSLANDS
green living use SUSTAINABILITY
GREENHOUSES
GROOMING
GROUND COVERS
GUIDEBOOKS
GUIDELINES
H
HABITATS see also ECOSYSTEMS
CAVES
HABITAT CONSERVATION
habitat fragmentation use CONNECTIVITY
HAIR
HAND-REARING
hatching use INCUBATION
HEALTH includes physical and mental health and well-being; see also FITNESS
HEARING
HEART OF AFRICA
HEMATOLOGY
HERB GARDENS
HERBS
HERBIVORES
HERPETOLOGY
HIBERNATION
HIDDEN JUNGLE
HIKING TRAILS
HISTOLOGY
HISTORY
NATURAL HISTORY
HOOVES
HORMONES
HORNS
HORTICULTURE
ARBORICULTURE
PLANTING
PRUNING
CLIMATE CONTROL
SCREEN CONSTRUCTION
EROSION CONTROL
IRRIGATION
fertilization use SOIL PREPARATION
LANDSCAPING
PEST CONTROL
INSECTICIDES
PLANT PROPAGATION
HYBRIDIZATION
PLANTING
POLLINATION
SOIL PREPARATION
TOPIARY
TRANSPLANTING
WEED CONTROL
HOUSING
HUMANS
HUNTING
HUSBANDRY
ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT
HAND-REARING
HYBRIDIZATION
I
ICBP use for International Council for Bird Preservation
ICR use for Institute for Conservation Research and (CRES)
ICR SEMINARS
IDENTIFICATION
IMMOBILIZATION
IMMUNOLOGY
IMPRINTING
INCUBATION use for egg incubation and hatching
INBREEDING
INCUBATION use for egg incubation and hatching
INDEXES
Indians use NATIVE PEOPLES
INFANTICIDE
INFECTION
INJURIES
INSECTARIUMS
INSECTS see also SPIDERS
ANTS
BEES
BEETLES
BUTTERFLIES (See species under INVERTEBRATES)
PHASMIDS
LORD HOWE ISLAND STICK INSECT (Dryococelus australis)
INSECTICIDES
INSECTIVOROUS
INSPIRATION
INSTINCT
INTEGUMENT
CLAWS
FEATHERS
GLANDS
HAIR
HOOVES
SCALES
SKIN
INTELLIGENCE
International Council for Bird Preservation use ICBP
International Union for the Conservation of Nature use IUCN
INTERNET
INTERPRETATION
INTERVIEWS
INTRODUCED SPECIES
INVASIVE SPECIES
INVENTORIES
ZIMS
INVERTEBRATES
ARTHROPODS
INSECTS
ANTS
BEES
BEETLES
BUTTERFLIES
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES
QUINO CHECKERSPOT BUTTERFLIES
SPIDERS
WASPS
IRRIGATION
ISLANDS
ITURI FOREST
IUCN use for International Union for the Conservation of Nature
JKL
JAPANESE GARDENS
JOAN EMBERY
JUVENILE LITERATURE
KEEPERS
KOPJE
LABORATORY ANIMALS
LABORATORY MANUALS
laboratory studies use RESEARCH
LACTATION
LAKES AND RIVERS
LANDSCAPING
[LANGUAGES]–use with dictionaries, guidebooks, phrasebooks only. Foreign language texts should be indicated in the notes.
AFRIKAANS
ARABIC
CHINESE
FRENCH
GERMAN
ITALIAN
JAPANESE
PORTUGUESE
RUSSIAN
SPANISH
laws use REGULATIONS
LEADERSHIP
LEARNING
LEAVES
legislation use REGULATIONS
LIBRARIES
LIFE CYCLE see also DEVELOPMENT
ADULT
AGEING
BIRTH
DEATH
LONGEVITY
NEWBORN use for neonate
YOUNG
LIVESTOCK
LOCOMOTION
BURROWING
CLIMBING
FLIGHT
MIGRATION
LONDON ZOO
LOS ANGELES ZOO
LONGEVITY
M
MAMMALOGY
MAMMALS see Mammals for specific taxonomic terms
MARINE MAMMALS
UNGULATES
MANAGEMENT
MANGROVES
manuals use GUIDEBOOKS
LABORATORY MANUALS
TRAINING MANUALS
MAPS
MARINE BIOLOGY
MARKETING
maternal behavior use PARENTING
MATING
measurements use STATISTICS
MEDIA
MOVIES
TV SHOWS
MEDICINAL PLANTS see also ETHNOBOTANY
MEMORY
MENTORING
MENUS
METABOLISM
methods use EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
MICROBIOLOGY
MIGRATION
MIMICRY
MINIATURE PLANTS
MODELS
monitoring use TRACKING
MORPHOLOGY
MOTIVATION
MOULTING
MOUNTAINS
MOVIES
MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
MUSEUMS
ARCHIVES
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
MYTHOLOGY
NO
NATIONAL PARKS
NATIONAL ZOO
NATIVE PEOPLES
NATIVE PLANTS
NATURAL HISTORY
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS
NATURAL SELECTION
NATURALISTS
NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
NATURE RESERVES
NAVIGATION
NERVOUS SYSTEM
NESTS
NEST BUILDING
neonates use NEWBORN
NERVOUS SYSTEM
NEWBORN
NOCTURNAL ANIMALS
nomenclature use TAXONOMIES
NOISE
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
NURSERY
NUTRITION (see also DIETS)
OCEANS
OLFACTION
OMNIVOROUS
ONCOLOGY
OPENINGS
[ORGANIZATIONS]
AABGA
AAM
AZA
AAZK
BGCS
CBSG
CITES
ICBP
IUCN
SSAR
Species360
USFWS
ORNITHOLOGY
PQ
PAIN
PAINTINGS
PALEONTOLOGY
FOSSILS
PALM OIL
PANDEMICS
PARASITES
PARASITOLOGY
PARENTING
CARE OF EGGS
CARE OF YOUNG
PARTNERSHIPS
PATHOLOGY
[PEOPLE]
CELEBRITIES
CURATORS
KEEPERS
JOAN EMBERY
PERSONNEL
RESEARCHERS
TRUSTEES
VETERINARIANS
PERIODICALS
PERENNIALS
PERSONNEL
PEST CONTROL
PESTICIDES
PETS
PHARMACOLOGY
PHEROMONES
PHILANTHROPY
PHILOSOPHY
PHOTOGRAPHS see also NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
phylogeny use TAXONOMIES
physical fitness use FITNESS
PHYSIOLOGY
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
CIRCULATION
DIGESTION
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
EXCRETION
FEEDING
GROWTH
HIBERNATION
METABOLISM
NERVOUS SYSTEM
PULMONARY SYSTEM
REPRODUCTION
reproductive system use UROGENITAL SYSTEM
RESPIRATION
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
SENSE ORGANS
SLEEP
THERMOREGULATION
UROGENITAL SYSTEM
PLANNING
plant-animal relationships use ANIMAL-PLANT RELATIONSHIPS
PLANT COLLECTING
PLANT CONSERVATION
PLANT DISEASES
PLANT ECOLOGY
[PLANT HOUSING]
ARBORETA
GREENHOUSES
NATURAL HISTORY
MUSEUMS
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS
plant-human relationships use AGRICULTURE or HORTICULTURE
PLANT-INSECT RELATIONSHIPS
[PLANT LIFE-CYCLES]
ANNUALS
PERENNIALS
[PLANT PARTS]
BULBS AND RHIZOMES
LEAVES
FRUITS AND SEEDS
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
PLANT PROPAGATION
HYBRIDIZATION
NURSERY PRODUCTION
PLANTING
POLLINATION
PLANT SOCIETIES
PLANTING
SEEDING
SOIL PREPARATION
PLANTS see Plants for specific groups of plants
CARNIVOROUS PLANTS
DROUGHT-TOLERANT PLANTS
FLOWERING PLANTS
WILDFLOWERS
FOOD PLANTS
FRAGRANT PLANTS
GRASSES
GROUND COVERS
HERBS
INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS
MEDICINAL PLANTS
MINIATURE PLANTS
NATIVE PLANTS
SHADE PLANTS
SHRUBS
SUCCULENTS
TOXIC PLANTS
TREES
TROPICAL PLANTS
VINES
WEEDS
WILDFLOWERS
PLAY
POACHING
poisonous animals use TOXIC ANIMALS; see also VENOMOUS ANIMALS
poisonous plants use TOXIC PLANTS
POLAR BEAR PLUNGE
POLLINATION
POLLUTION
population studies use RESEARCH
POPULATIONS see also COMMUNITIES
PREDATION
PREDATORS
PREGNANCY
PREY
PRIMATOLOGY
PRIMATE CENTERS
PROCEEDINGS
PROGRAMMING
LANGUAGES
PROTECTIVE MECHANISMS
COLORATION
DISPLAY
MIMICRY
TOXINS AND VENOMS
protection see WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT or CONSERVATION
PROTEOMICS
PRUNING
BONSAI
ESPALIER
TOPIARY
PSYCHOLOGY
[PUBLICATIONS]
ACTION PLANS
ALMANACS
ATLASES
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
BIOGRAPHIES
CHECKLISTS
DICTIONARIES
DIRECTORIES
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
FIELD GUIDES
FLORAS
GUIDEBOOKS
LABORATORY MANUALS
TRAINING MANUALS
INDEXES
INVENTORIES
manuals use GUIDEBOOKS
PROCEEDINGS
RED DATA BOOKS
STUDBOOKS
TAXONOMIES
TEXTBOOKS
THESES
PUBLIC RELATIONS
EVENTS
TV SHOWS
VIDEOS
PULMONARY SYSTEM
QUOTATIONS
R
RADIOLOGY
RAIN FORESTS
RECYCLING
RED LISTS (use for Red Data Books)
regional primate centers use PRIMATE CENTERS
REGULATIONS
REINTRODUCTION
RELIGION
REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
REPRODUCTION
ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION
BIRTH
BREEDING
COURTSHIP
COPULATION
EGG LAYING see also INCUBATION
FERTILITY
FETUS
HYBRIDIZATION
PREGNANCY
REPTILES see Reptiles for specific taxonomic terms
RESEARCH
RESEARCHERS
RESPIRATION
RESTORATION
RESTRAINT
RIPARIAN AREAS
rivers use LAKES AND RIVERS
ROCK GARDENS
RUMINANTS
S
SAFETY
SAFARI PARK use for Wild Animal Park
San Diego WAP use SAFARI PARK
SAN DIEGO ZOO
EVENTS
ANNIVERSARIES
LANDMARKS
EXHIBITS
PEOPLE
CELEBRITIES
CURATORS
KEEPERS
JOAN EMBERY
RESEARCHERS
TRUSTEES
VETERINARIANS
SAFARI PARK
SAVANNAS see also GRASSLANDS
SCALES
SCAVENGING
SCENT MARKING
SCIENCE use only for general science topics
[SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES]
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE
AUDIOLOGY
ANTHROPOLOGY
BIOLOGY
CARDIOLOGY
CYTOLOGY
ECOLOGY
EMBRYOLOGY
ENDOCRINOLOGY
ENTOMOLOGY
GENETICS
GEOLOGY
HEMATOLOGY
HERPETOLOGY
HISTOLOGY
IMMUNOLOGY
MAMMALOGY
MICROBIOLOGY
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
NEUROLOGY
ONCOLOGY
ORNITHOLOGY
PALEONTOLOGY
PARASITOLOGY
PATHOLOGY
PHARMACOLOGY
PHYSIOLOGY
PRIMATOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY
RADIOLOGY
VIROLOGY
ZOOLOGY
SCRUB use for chaparral
SEA WORLD
SELF-IMPROVEMENT
SEDATION SEEDS
Seminar Series use ICR SEMINARS
SENSE ORGANS
SENSES
HEARING
OLFACTION
VISION
SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
COURTSHIP
DISPLAY
SEX DIFFERENCES includes dimorphism
SHADE PLANTS
SHRUBS
SIGNAGE
SKIN
SLEEP
smell use OLFACTION
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
SOCIAL HIERARCHIES
SOCIAL MEDIA
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles use SSAR
SOIL ECOLOGY
SOIL PREPARATION
SOIL QUALITY
SONG
spatial data, spatial analysis use GIS
species diversity use BIODIVERSITY
[SPECIES]
INTRODUCED SPECIES
SPECIES SURVIVAL PLANS use for SSPs
SPECIMENS
SPIDERS
SSAR use for Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
SSC use for Species Survival Commission
STATISTICS includes facts
STATUS use for IUCN or CITES status
STEM CELLS
STEREOTYPIES
STRESS
STUDBOOKS
studies use RESEARCH
SUCCULENTS
SUNBEAR FOREST
SURGERY
SURVIVAL
SUSTAINABILITY use for ecosystem sciences, also for green living practices
SWAMPS AND MARSHES
SYMBOLISM
T
TAXONOMIES use for phylogeny
techniques use EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
TECHNOLOGY
teeth use DENTITION
TEMPERATURE
TERRARIUMS
TERRITORIALITY
TEXTBOOKS
THEORY
THERAPY
THERMOREGULATION
THESES
TIGER RIVER
TOOL USE
TOOLS
GIS
TOPIARIES
TOURISM
TOXIC ANIMALS
TOXIC PLANTS
TOXICOLOGY
TOXINS AND VENOMS
TRACKING use for monitoring
trafficking use WILDLIFE TRADE
TRAINING
TRAINING MANUALS
TRANSCRIPTOMICS
TRANSLOCATION
TRANSPLANTING
TRANSPORTATION OF ANIMALS
TRAPPING
TRAVEL
TREES
TRIVIA
TROPICAL PLANTS
tropical rain forests use RAINFORESTS
TROPICS
TUMORS
TUNDRA
TV SHOWS
UV
U.S. GOVERNMENT
UNGULATES
UNITED NATIONS
URBAN ECOLOGY
UROGENITAL SYSTEM
USFWS
VACCINES
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Wellness use HEALTH
WETLANDS
Wild Animal Park use SAFARI PARK
WILD ANIMALS
WILDFLOWERS
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
laws use REGULATIONS
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY see also BRONX ZOO
WILDLIFE CRIME
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
WILDLIFE RESCUE
WILDLIFE TRADE use for trafficking; see also CITES
WIND FARMS
WOMEN
World Conservation Union use IUCN
WOUNDS
WRITING
xerophytes use DROUGHT-TOLERANCE
YOUNG
ZOO ANIMALS
ZOO KEEPERS
ZOO VISITORS
ZOOS
BRONX ZOO (use for WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY)
CHILDREN’S ZOOS
LONDON ZOO
LOS ANGELES ZOO
NATIONAL ZOO
SAFARI PARK use for San Diego Wild Animal Park, WAP)
SAN DIEGO ZOO
Wild Animal Park (WAP) use SAFARI PARK
ZOOLOGY
ZOONOSES
Taxonomic Search Terms
Classes and Orders are in bold caps. Families and Genera are listed hierarchically beneath. In some cases a family consists of a single species or genera and a redundant taxonomic term has not been added. Note: class terms MAMMALS, BIRDS, AMPHIBIANS, and REPTILES are typically reserved for major works only.
Mammals
MONOTREMES (order)
ECHIDNAS (family)
PLATYPUSES
MARSUPIALS
OPOSSUMS
POSSUMS
QUOLLS
TASMANIAN DEVILS
MARSUPIAL MOLES
BANDICOOTS
RAT OPOSSUMS
PHALANGERS
CUSCUS (genera)
[PETAURIDAE]
RINGTAIL POSSUMS
GLIDERS
PYGMY POSSUMS
HONEY POSSUMS
KOALAS
WOMBATS
MACROPODS
KANGAROOS
WALLABIES
TREE KANGAROOS
QUOKKAS
THYLACINES
INSECTIVORES
SOLENODONS
TENRECS
OTTER SHREWS
GOLDEN MOLES
HEDGEHOGS
MOLES
SHREWS
ELEPHANT SHREWS
BATS
FRUIT-EATING BATS
MOUSE-TAILED BATS
SAC-WINGED BATS
BULL-DOG BATS
HISPID BATS
FALSE VAMPIRES
HORSESHOE BATS
AMERICAN LEAF-NOSED BATS
FUNNEL-EARED BATS
SMOKEY BATS
DISC-WINGED BATS
GOLDEN BATS
LONG-EARED BATS
COMMON BATS
SHORT-TAILED BATS
MASTIFF BATS
MADAGASCAR ROUSETTES
OLD WORLD LEAF-NOSE BATS
LONG-WINGED BATS
TREE SHREWS
FLYING LEMURS
PRIMATES
[Lemuriform primates]
[Lemuridae]
LEMURS
[Indriidae]
INDRIS
SIFAKAS
[Daubentoniidae]
AYE-AYES
LORISIDAE
LORISES
POTTOS
BUSHBABIES
[Tarsiidae]
TARSIERS
NEW WORLD MONKEYS
[Aotidae]
NIGHT MONKEYS (use for owl monkeys)
[Atelidae]
HOWLER MONKEYS
SPIDER MONKEYS
WOOLLY MONKEYS
YELLOW-TAILED WOOLLY MONKEYS (Lagothrix flavicauda)
[Cebidae]
CAPUCHINS
SQUIRREL MONKEYS
[Pitheciidae]
SAKIS
TITIS
UAKARIS
[Callitrichidae]
MARMOSETS
TAMARINS
OLD WORLD MONKEYS
[Cercopithecidae]
MANGABEYS
GUENONS
VERVETS
MACAQUES
BABOONS
MANDRILLS
DRILLS
COLOBUS
PREUSS’S RED COLOBUS
PROBOSCIS MONKEYS
LEAF MONKEYS
LANGURS
DOUC LANGURS
PIG-TAILED LANGURS
SNUB-NOSED MONKEYS
GOLDEN MONKEYS
APES [Hominidae]
BONOBOS (use for PYGMY CHIMPANZEES)
CHIMPANZEES
GIBBONS
GORILLAS
HUMANS
ORANGUTANS
EDENTATES
ANTEATERS
SLOTHS
ARMADILLOS
PANGOLINS
LAGOMORPHS
PIKAS
HARES
RABBITS
RODENTS
MOUNTAIN BEAVERS
SQUIRRELS
PRAIRIE DOGS
MARMOTS
POCKET GOPHERS
BEAVERS
SCALY-TAILED SQUIRRELS
SPRINGHAAS
NEW WORLD MICE
AMERICAN HARVEST MICE
PACIFIC POCKET MICE (Perognathus longimembris pacificus)
GERBILS
HAMSTERS
LEMMINGS
MUSKRATS
VOLES
DORMICE
JUMPING MICE
JERBOAS
PORCUPINES
CAVIES
CAPYBARAS
PACARANAS
AGOUTIS
CHINCHILLAS
VISCACHAS
HUTIAS
NUTRIAS
COYPUS
OCTODONTS
TUCOTUCOS
RATS
CHINCHILLA RATS
SPINY RATS
CANE RATS
DASSIE RATS
BAMBOO RATS
OLD WORLD RATS
AFRICAN MOLE RATS
NAKED MOLE RATS
PALAEARCTIC MOLE RATS
KANGAROO RATS
GUNDIS
CETACEANS
DOLPHINS
RIVER DOLPHINS
PORPOISES
VAQUITAS
WHALES
KILLER WHALES
[MONODONTIDAE]
NARWHALS
BELUGA WHALES
SPERM WHALES
[ZIPHIIDAE]
BOTTLENOSED WHALES
BEAKED WHALES
GRAY WHALES
RORQUALS
RIGHT WHALES
CARNIVORES
CANIDS
DOGS
DHOLES
COYOTES
WOLVES
JACKALS
FOXES
URSIDAE
BEARS
ANDEAN BEARS (Spectacled bears, Tremarctos ornatus)
BLACK BEARS
ASIATIC BLACK BEARS
BROWN BEARS (includes Grizzly Bears, Kodiak Bears, Syrian Bears, Eurasian Brown Bears)
GIANT PANDAS
POLAR BEARS
SUN BEARS
PROCYONIDAE
RACCOONS
RED PANDAS
KINKAJOUS
COATIS
OLINGOS
RINGTAILS
MUSTELIDS
WEASELS
FERRETS
MARTENS
OTTERS
GIANT OTTERS
BADGERS
SKUNKS
VIVERRIDS
CIVETS
GENETS
MONGOOSES
MEERKATS
BINTURONGS
[HYENIDAE]
HYENAS
AARDWOLVES
FELIDS
[FELINAE]
CARACALS
CATS
CHEETAHS
FELIS
FISHING CATS
LYNXES
BOBCATS
MARGAYS
PUMAS (use for cougars and mountain lions)
JAGUARUNDIS
OCELOTS
SERVALS
[PANTHERINAE]
CLOUDED LEOPARDS
PANTHERA
JAGUARS
LEOPARDS
JAVAN LEOPARDS
LIONS
AFRICAN LIONS
ASIAN LIONS
TIGERS
SUMATRAN TIGERS
UNCIA (use for SNOW LEOPARDS)
[EUPLERIDAE]
FOSSAS
PINNIPEDS
SEALS
EARED SEALS
WALRUSES
CALIFORNIA SEA LIONS
FUR SEALS
EARLESS SEALS
BEARDED SEALS
HARBOR SEALS
HARP SEALS
AARDVARKS
PROBOSCIDEANS
ASIAN ELEPHANTS
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS
MAMMOTHS
HYRAXES
TREE HYRAXES
ROCK HYRAXES
SIRENIANS
MANATEES
DUGONGS
SEA COWS
PERISSODACTYLS
EQUIDS
HORSES
PRZEWALSKI’S HORSES
ZEBRAS
BURCHELL’S ZEBRAS
GREVY’S ZEBRAS
PLAINS ZEBRAS
ASSES
TAPIRS
RHINOCEROSES
WHITE RHINOCEROSES
BLACK RHINOCEROSES
SUMATRAN RHINOCEROSES
INDIAN RHINOCEROSES (use for greater one-horned rhinoceroses)
ARTIODACTYLS
PIGS
BABIRUSAS
WART HOGS
AFRICAN BUSH PIGS
PECCARIES
HIPPOPOTAMI
PYGMY HIPPOPOTAMI
[CAMELIDAE]
ALPACAS
CAMELS
LLAMAS
CHEVROTAINS
DEER
BROCKET DEER
CARIBOUS
CHINESE WATER DEER
ELK
MOOSE
MUNTJACS
MUSK DEER
PAMPAS DEER
PERE DAVID’S DEER
PUDUS
RED DEER
REINDEER
ROE DEER
RUSA DEER
SWAMP DEER
WHITE-TAILED AND MULE DEER
[GIRAFFIDAE]
GIRAFFES
OKAPIS
PRONGHORNS
BOVIDAE
[BOVINAE]
ANOAS
BISON
BONGOS
BUFFALOS
BUSHBUCKS
CATTLE
ELANDS
GAURS
KUDUS
KOUPREYS
WISENTS
YAKS
[CEPHALOPHINAE]
DUIKERS
[HIPPOTRAGINAE]
ADDAX
HARTEBEESTS
HIROLAS
KOBS
ORYX
REEDBUCK
ROAN ANTELOPES
SABLE ANTELOPES
WATERBUCKS
WILDEBEESTS
[ANTELOPINAE]
ANTELOPES
BLACKBUCKS
DIK-DIKS
DUIKERS
DWARF ANTELOPES
GAZELLES
IMPALAS
KLIPSPRINGERS
ORIBIS
SPRINGBOKS
STEENBOKS
SUNIS
TIBETAN GAZELLES
[CAPRINAE]
SHEEP
ARGALI
BARBARY SHEEP (use for AOUDADS)
BIGHORN SHEEP
BHARALS (use for BLUE SHEEP)
DALL’S SHEEP
MOUFLANS
URIALS
GOATS
IBEX
MARKHORS
TAHRS
MUSK OXEN
[SAIGINAE]
SAIGAS
[RUPICAPRINAE]
CHAMOIS
ROCKY MOUNTAIN
GOATS
SEROWS
GORALS
[OVIBOVINAE]
TAKINS
Birds
RATITES (flightless birds)
[STRUTHIONIFORMS] (order)
OSTRICHES (family)
[RHEIFORMS]
RHEAS
[CASUARIFORMES]
CASSOWARIES
EMUS
[APTERYGIFORMES]
KIWIS
[TINAMIFORMES]
TINAMOUS
[SPHENISCIFORMES]
PENGUINS
[GAVIFORMES]
LOONS
[PODICIPEDIFORMES]
GREBES
PROCELLARIIFORMES
ALBATROSSES
SHEARWATERS
STORM PETRELS
DIVING PETRELS
PELECANIFORMES
TROPICBIRDS
PELICANS
BOOBIES
CORMORANTS
ANHINGAS
FRIGATE BIRDS
CICONIFORMES (use for Ciconiiformes)
ARDEIDAE
BITTERNS
EGRETS
HERONS
WHALE-HEADED STORKS
HAMMERHEADS
STORKS
IBISES
[PHOENICOPTERIFORMES]
FLAMINGOES
ANSERIFORMES
SCREAMERS
ANATIDAE
DUCKS
GEESE
SWANS
[FALCONIFORMES] use RAPTORS
EAGLES
FALCONIDAE
FALCONS
KESTRELS
CARACARAS
GOSHAWKS
HAWKS
KITES
OSPREYS
SECRETARY BIRDS
VULTURES
CALIFORNIA CONDORS
ANDEAN CONDORS
GALLIFORMES (see also CRACIFORMES)
MEGAPODES
CURASSOWS
GUANS
PHEASANTS
TURKEYS
GROUSE
QUAIL
JUNGLEFOWL
MONALS
PEAFOWL
TRUE PHEASANTS
GUINEA-FOWL
GRUIFORMES
BUSTARDS
CRANES
KAGUS
MESITES
HEMI-PODE QUAILS
RAILS
SUN BITTERNS
SERIEMAS
TRUMPETERS
CHARADRIIFORMES
AUKS
AVOCETS
CURLEWS
STONE CURLEWS
GULLS
IBISBILLS
JACANAS
OYSTERCATCHERS
PLOVERS
CRAB PLOVERS
PRATINCOLES
PUFFINS
SANDPIPERS
SEEDSNIPES
SHEATHBILLS
SKUAS
SNIPES
STILTS
SKIMMERS
TERNS
[PTEROCLIFORMES]
SANDGROUSES
[COLUMBIFORMES]
PIGEONS
DOVES
[PSITTACIFORMES]
LORIES
COCKATOOS
GALAHS
CORELLAS
PARROTS
THICK-BILLED PARROTS (Rhychopsitta pachyrhyncha)
[CUCULIFORMES]
TURACOS
CUCKOOS
[STRIGIFORMES]
OWLS
BARN OWLS
WESTERN BURROWING OWLS (Athene cunicularia hypugaea)
CAPRIMULGIFORMES
OILBIRDS
FROGMOUTHS
POTOOS
NIGHTJARS
APODIFORMES
SWIFTS
TREE SWIFTS
HUMMINGBIRDS
[COLIFORMES]
MOUSEBIRDS
[TROGONIFORMES]
TROGONS
CORACIFORMES
BEE-EATERS
HOOPOES
HORNBILLS
KINGFISHERS
MOTMOTS
ROLLERS
GROUND ROLLERS
CUCKOO ROLLERS
TODIES
WOODHOOPOES
PICIFORMES
BARBETS
HONEYGUIDES
JACAMARS
PUFFBIRDS
TOUCANS
WOODPECKERS
PASSERIFORMES
ACCENTORS
AMERICAN WOOD
WARBLERS
ANTBIRDS
BABBLERS
BALD CROWS
BANANAQUITS
BELLMAGPIES
BIRDS OF PARADISE
BLACKBIRDS
NEW WORLD BLACKBIRDS (includes Cowbirds)
ORIOLES
BOWERBIRDS
CATBIRDS
BROADBILLS
BULBULS
BUSH LARKS
COTINGAS
[CORVIDAE]
CROWS
ALALA (ʻAlalā, Hawaiian crow, Corvus hawaiiensis)
RAVENS
JAYS
CREEPERS
AUSTRALIAN CREEPERS
CUCKOO-SHRIKES
DIPPERS
DRONGOS
FALSE SUNBIRDS
FINCHES
WAXBILLS
FLOWERPECKERS
FLYCATCHERS
OLD WORLD FLYCATCHERS
FOLIAGE-GLEANERS
GNATCATCHERS
GNATEATERS
GROSBEAKS
HONEYCREEPERS
HAWAIIAN HONEYCREEPERS
AKIKIKI
PALILA
HONEYEATERS
LEAFBIRDS
LOG-RUNNERS
LONG-TAILED TITS
LYREBIRDS
MANAKINS
MOCKINGBIRDS
MONARCHS AND FANTAILS
MUDNEST BUILDERS
NUTHATCHES
PALM CHATS
PARROTBILLS
PENDULINE TITS
PHILIPPINE CREEPERS
PIPITS
PUFFBACK FLYCATCHERS
ROBINS
AUSTRALASIAN ROBINS
SCRUB-BIRDS
SHARPBILLS
SHRIKES
SPARROWS
SPINETAILS
[Sturnidae]
MYNAS
STARLINGS
SUNBIRDS
SWALLOWS
TANAGERS
TAPACULOS
THORNBILLS AND FLYEATERS
THRASHERS
THRUSHES
TITS
TITMICE
TREECREEPERS
TYRANTS
VIREOS
WAGTAILS
WARBLERS
OLD WORLD WARBLERS
WATTLEBIRDS
WATTLE-EYES
WAXWINGS
WEAVERS
WHISTLERS
WHITE-EYES
WRENS
AUSTRALASIAN WRENS
CACTUS WRENS
NEW ZEALAND WRENS
WOOD SWALLOWS
WOODCREEPERS
Amphibians
[GYMNOPHIONA] (order)
CAECILIANS (family)
[CAUDATA]
SALAMANDERS
NEWTS
[ANURA]
TAILED FROGS
FROGS [RANIDAE]
AMERICAN BULLFROGS
MOUNTAIN YELLOW-LEGGED FROGS (Rana muscosa)
TREE FROGS [HYLIDAE]
POISON DART FROGS
[DENDROBATIDAE]
HORNED FROGS [LEPTODACTYLIDAE]
RED FROGS [MICROHYLIDAE]
TOADS [BUFONIDAE]
Reptiles
[CROCODYLIA] (order)
ALLIGATORS (family)
CROCODILES
GAVIALS
[RHYNCHOCEPHALIA]
TUATARAS
[TESTUDINES] use TURTLES
SIDE-NECKED TURTLES [PLEURODIRA]
HIDDEN-NECKED TURTLES
PIG-NOSE TURTLES
[CARETTOCHELYIDAE]
RIVER TURTLES [DERMATEMYDIDAE]
MARINE TURTLES [CHELONIIDAE]
SNAPPING TURTLES [CHELYDRIDAE]
LEATHERBACK TURTLES
[DERMOCHELYIDAE]
POND TURTLES [EMYDIDAE]
BOX TURTLES
PAINTED TURTLES
SLIDERS
MUD AND MUSK TURTLES
OLD WORLD POND TURTLES [GEOEMYDIDAE]
LEAF TURTLES
FOREST TURTLES
BOX TURTLES
MUD TURTLES
POND TURTLES
RIVER TURTLES
ROOFED TURTLES
TERRAPINS
WOOD TURTLES
[KINOSTERNIDAE]
TORTOISES [TESTUDINIDAE]
GALAPAGOS TORTOISES
MOJAVE DESERT TORTOISES (Gopherus agissizii)
SOFT-SHELLED TURTLES
[TRIONYCHIDAE]
BIG-HEADED TURTLES
[PLATYSTERNIDAE]
SNAKE-NECKED TURTLES [CHELIDAE]
[SQUAMATA] superorder
[SAURIA] use LIZARDS
AGAMID LIZARDS
BEARDED DRAGONS
ASIAN WATER DRAGONS
SPINY-TAILED LIZARDS
ANGUID LIZARDS
ALLIGATOR LIZARDS
GLASS LIZARDS
FLAP-FOOTED LIZARDS [PYGOPODIDAE, Australian legless lizards]
IGUANIDAE
CROTAPHYTID LIZARDS
COLLARED LIZARDS
LEOPARD LIZARDS
CHAMELEONS [CHAMAELEONTIDAE]
IGUANAS
GALAPAGOS PINK LAND IGUANAS (Conolophus marthae)
ANOLES [POLYCHROTINAE]
HORNED LIZARDS
GIRDLE-TAILED LIZARDS
GECKOS
MICROTEIIDS
HELODERMATIDAE
GILA MONSTERS
BEADED LIZARDS
LACERTIDAE
WALL LIZARDS
EARLESS MONITORS
[LANTHANOTIDAE]
SKINKS
MACROTEIIDS
WHIPTAILS
MONITORS [VARANIDAE]
KOMODO DRAGONS
NIGHT LIZARDS
[SERPENTES] use SNAKES
BLIND SNAKES
BOIDAE
PYTHONS
RETICULATED PYTHONS
INDIAN PYTHONS
ROCK PYTHONS
BALL PYTHONS
BOAS
RUBBER BOAS
ROSY BOAS
MADAGASCAR TREE BOAS
EMERALD TREE BOAS
BOA CONSTRICTORS
ANACONDAS
COLUBRIDS
RATSNAKES
GARTER SNAKES
GOPHER SNAKES
KINGSNAKES
FOX SNAKES
CORN SNAKES
RACERS
WATERSNAKES
WHIPSNAKES
ELAPIDS
ADDERS
COBRAS
KRAITS
MAMBAS
CORAL SNAKES
SEA SNAKES [HYDROPHIIDAE]
VIPERS [VIPERIDAE]
PIT VIPERS
RATTLESNAKES
COPPERHEADS
COTTONMOUTHS
[AMPHISBAENIA] use WORM LIZARDS
TROGONOPHIDAE
Plants
ACACIAS
AGAPANTHUS
AGAVES
ALGAE
ALLIUMS
ALOES
AMARANTHS
AMARYLLIS
ANTHURIUMS
AROIDS
AZALEAS
BAMBOO
BAOBABS
BANANAS
BEGONIAS
BOOJUM
BROMELIADS
CACTUS
CALLA LILIES
CAMELLIAS
CANNAS
CHRYSANTHEMUMS
CITRUS
CONIFERS
CEDARS
FIRS
PINES
TORREY PINES
CYCADS
CYCLAMENS
DAYLILIES
DAHLIAS
DIANTHUS
ECHINOCEREUS
EPIPHYLLUMS
EPIPHYTES
ERICAS
ERYTHRINAS (Coral trees)
EUCALYPTUS
EUPHORBIAS
FERNS
FIGS
FIRS
FRANGIPANI
FUCHSIAS
FUNGI
GERANIUMS
GINGERS use for Zingiberales
GRASSES
HAEMANTHUS
HERBS
HIBISCUS
HOLLYS
HOSTAS
HOYAS
HYDRANGEAS
IVIES
IRISES
JOJOBA
LEGUMES
LICHENS
LILACS
LILIES
MESEMBRYANTHEMUMS
MUSHROOMS
NIGHTSHADES
OAKS
COASTAL SCRUB OAKS
ORCHIDS
PALMS
PAPHIOPEDILUMS
PELARGONIUMS
PEONIES
PITTOSPORUMS
PLATYCERIUMS
PLEIONES
PROTEAS
ROSES
RUSHES
SALVIAS
SEDUMS
STAPELIAS
SUCCULENTS
TILLANDSIAS
VIBURNUMS
WATER LILIES
Zingiberales use GINGERS
Geographic Search Terms
Locations
AMERICA
NORTH AMERICA
CANADA
UNITED STATES
WESTERN U.S.
ALASKA
CALIFORNIA
CHANNEL ISLANDS
SAN DIEGO
NEVADA
CENTRAL U.S.
EASTERN U.S.
SOUTHERN U.S.
MEXICO
BAJA CALIFORNIA
CARIBBEAN ISLANDS
CUBA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
PUERTO RICO
WEST INDIES
CENTRAL AMERICA
BELIZE
EL SALVADOR
COSTA RICA
GUATEMALA
HONDURAS
NICARAGUA
PANAMA
SOUTH AMERICA
AMAZONIA
ARGENTINA
BOLIVIA
BRAZIL
CHILE
COLOMBIA
ECUADOR
GALAPAGOS
GUIANAS (use for Guyana, Dutch Guiana, French Guiana, or Suriname)
PARAGUAY
PERU
URUGUAY
VENEZUELA
SOUTH ATLANTIC ISLANDS
LATIN AMERICA (use for the combined MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA, and SOUTH AMERICA)
EUROPE
GREAT BRITAIN
ENGLAND
NORTHERN IRELAND
SCOTLAND
WALES
IRELAND
AUSTRIA
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GERMANY
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ITALY
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PORTUGAL
EASTERN EUROPE
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
BULGARIA
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CZECH REPUBLIC
MACEDONIA
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RUSSIA
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SCANDINAVIA
DENMARK
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MIDDLE EAST
SAUDI ARABIA AND PERSIAN GULF STATES
EGYPT
IRAN
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ISRAEL
JORDAN
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TURKEY
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
AFGHANISTAN
PAKISTAN
INDIA
NEPAL
TIBET
SRI LANKA
SOUTHEAST ASIA
BORNEO
BURMA
CAMBODIA
INDONESIA
LAOS
MALAYSIA
MALAY ARCHIPELAGO
Myanmar use BURMA
PHILIPPINES
THAILAND
VIETNAM
CHINA
TAIWAN
KOREA
JAPAN
NORTHERN ASIA
SIBERIA
INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS
ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC
GALAPAGOS
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
SOUTH PACIFIC
AUSTRALIAN REGION
AUSTRALIA
NEW ZEALAND
NEW GUINEA
AFRICA
NORTH AFRICA
(Algeria, Canary Islands, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic/Western Sahara)
CENTRAL AFRICA
(Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo; São Tomé and Principe)
EAST AFRICA
(Burundi, Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda; Comoros, Mauritius, and Seychelles; Reunion and Mayotte)
WEST AFRICA
(Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo; Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha)
SOUTHERN AFRICA
(Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa. Zambia, Zimbabwe)
MADAGASCAR
ARCTIC
ANTARCTIC