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Bird

Wood Thrush

The Wood Thrush is a medium-sized thrush with the posture of an American Robin but a slightly smaller body. Sexes are alike, and adults are a cinnamon-brown color on their crown and nape that fades to olive-brown on the back, wings and tail. The under-parts are white with large dark spots on the breast, sides and flanks. Overall, the head appears a much richer color than the rest of the top of the body, with the tail being the dullest in color. They have a dull white eye-ring and pinkish legs. Juveniles are similar to adults but with tawny streaks and spots on their back, neck and wing coverts.

The Wood Thrush resides in forests in the eastern United States where it is more often heard than seen.

Identification Tips:

Length: 7 inches
Rusty crown, nape and upper back
White eye ring and streaked cheeks
White underparts with black spots throughout
Brown upperparts
Pink legs
Sexes similar
Juvenile has pale spots on upperparts
Often forages on forest floor
Distinctive beautiful song

Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom	Animalia -- animals
Phylum	Chordata -- chordates
Subphylum	Vertebrata -- vertebrates
Class	Aves -- birds
Order	Passeriformes -- perching birds
Family	Muscicapidae -- old world flycatchers
Genus	Hylocichla Baird, 1864 -- wood thrushes
Species	Hylocichla mustelina (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) -- wood thrush, Zorzal maculado

State Flower

Flower by: Santalady State Flower, a state symbol

American Beauty Rose

(Rosa 'American Beauty')

Of the thousands of different varieties of roses, some are popular year after year. Others disappear because plant breeders produce better ones. For example, the American beauty rose was once popular but is no longer grown commercially. It is a hybrid perpetual, famous for its fragrant crimson blooms.

Class: Hybrid Perpetual

Bred: Hoopes, 1909, USA

Description: Double, spring flowering, dark pink, fragrant.

Color: Deep pink (med. red)

Blooms: Full, cupped, large, 50 petals

Foliage: Dull Green

Fragrance: Quite fragrant

Height: 12-15'

Size (H x W): 4-6 x 3-4

Growth Habit: Susceptible to Mildew

Cultivation: Vigorous, greenhouse, susceptible to Blackspot, Powdery Mildew, Rust

Hardiness: zones 5-9; Not Hardy North of: Zone 9

Origins: Bred in France (1875) by Lédéchaux

Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom	Plantae -- Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta -- Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta -- Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta -- Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida -- Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rosales
Family	Rosaceae Rose family
Genus	Rosa L. rose
Species	Rosa 'American Beauty'