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United States FLORA AND FAUNA |
 | | At least 7,000 species and subspecies of indigenous US flora have been categorized. |
 | | The eastern forests contain a mixture of softwoods and hardwoods that includes pine, oak, maple, spruce, beech, birch, hemlock, walnut, gum, and hickory. |
 | | Loons, wild ducks, and wild geese are found in lake country; terns, gulls, sandpipers, herons, and other seabirds live along the coasts. |
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