chosen is the Atlantic Puffin, also known as the Common Puffin. Scientific Name: The Atlantic Puffin’s scientific name is Fratercula Arctica. Puffins are part of the Auk family, which is classified as the Alcidae family. They belong to the order Charadriiformes, a diverse order of small to medium sized birds that commonly live near the water. (A few occupy deserts and rain forests.) Habitat: The Atlantic Puffin mates and raises its young in a burrow, usually in the soil between the rocks on steep, ocean-facing
Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) is one of the most important and valuable timber species in the world due to its superior wood characteristics, durability, and ability to grow at high densities within inundated habitats. Bald cypress technically is not a true cypress such as those within the genus Cupressus. It is within the genus Taxodium, and family Cupressaceae (Bragg 2011). Bald Cypress is the state tree of the state of Louisiana, where the majority of the United States’ permanent swamps are