rubyrowned kinglet
rubyrowned wren
Regulus calendula | American kinglet with a notable song and in the male a red crown patch |
sedge warbler
sedge bird
sedge wren reedbird Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges and winters in Africa |
| wren warbler | small Asiatic and African bird, constructs nests like those of tailorbirds |
wren
jenny wren | any of several small active brown birds of the northern hemisphere with short upright tails, they feed on insects |
winter wren
Troglodytes troglodytes | small wren of coniferous forests of northern hemisphere |
house wren
Troglodytes aedon | common American wren that nests around houses |
| marsh wren | a wren of the genus Cistothorus that frequents marshes |
long-billed marsh wren
Cistothorus palustris | American wren that inhabits tall reed beds |
sedge wren short-billed marsh wren
Cistothorus platensis | small American wren inhabiting wet sedgy meadows |
| rock wren Salpinctes obsoletus | wren inhabiting badlands and mesa country of western United States and Mexico |
Carolina wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus | large United States wren with a musical call |
| cactus wren | large harsh-voiced American wren of arid regions of the United States southwest and Mexico |
| New Zealand wren | birds of New Zealand that resemble wrens |
| rock wren Xenicus gilviventris | short-tailed bird resembling a wren |
wren-tit
Chamaea fasciata | small brown bird of California resembling a wren |
cactus mouse
Peromyscus eremicus | burrowing mouse of desert areas of southwestern United States |
Wren
Sir Christopher Wren | English architect who designed more than fifty London churches (-) |
Russian thistle
Russian tumbleweed
Russian cactus
tumbleweed Salsola kali tenuifolia | prickly bushy Eurasian plant, a troublesome weed in central and western United States |
Cactaceae
family Cactaceae
cactus family | constituting the order Opuntiales |
| cactus | any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines |
pitahaya cactus
pitahaya Acanthocereus tetragonus
Acanthocereus pentagonus | cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit |
rattail cactus
rat's-tail cactus
Aporocactus flagelliformis | commonly cultivated tropical American cactus having slender creeping stems and very large showy crimson flowers that bloom for several days |
echinocactus
barrel cactus | any cactus of the genus Echinocactus, strongly ribbed and very spiny, southwestern United States to Brazil |
| hedgehog cactus | cactus of the genus Echinocactus having stout sharp spines |
golden barrel cactus
Echinocactus grusonii | large cactus of east central Mexico having golden to pale yellow flowers and spines |
| rainbow cactus | a stout cylindrical cactus of the southwest United States and adjacent Mexico |
epiphyllum
orchid cactus | any cactus of the genus Epiphyllum having flattened jointed irregularly branching stems and showy tubular flowers |
| barrel cactus | a cactus of the genus Ferocactus: unbranched barrel-shaped cactus having deep ribs with numerous spines and usually large funnel-shaped flowers followed by dry fruits |
Easter cactus
Hatiora gaertneri
Schlumbergera gaertneri | spring-blooming South American cactus with oblong joints and coraled flowers, sometimes placed in genus Schlumbergera |
garambulla
garambulla cactus
Myrtillocactus geometrizans | arborescent cactus of western Mexico bearing a small oblong edible berrylike fruit |
Knowlton's cactus
Pediocactus knowltonii | small clustering cactus of southwestern United States, a threatened species |
| prickly pear prickly pear cactus | cacti having spiny flat joints and oval fruit that is edible in some species, often used as food for stock |
| mistletoe cactus | a plant of the genus Rhipsalis |
Christmas cactus
Schlumbergera buckleyi
Schlumbergera baridgesii | epiphytic cactus of Brazilian ancestry widely cultivated as a houseplant having jointed flat segments and usually rose-purple flowers that bloom in winter |
crab cactus
Thanksgiving cactus
Zygocactus truncatus
Schlumbergera truncatus | South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers, often cultivated as a houseplant, sometimes classified as genus Schlumbergera |
ocotillo
coachwhip
Jacob's staff
vine cactus
Fouquieria splendens | desert shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico having slender naked spiny branches that after the rainy season put forth foliage and clusters of red flowers |
naboom
cactus euphorbia
Euphorbia ingens | small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra |
Jewbush
Jew-bush
Jew bush
redbird cactus
redbird flower
Pedilanthus tithymaloides | low tropical American shrub having powerful emetic properties |