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School cards widget.- Phylo (or if you rather use our preferred term of endearment, Phylomon), is many things. It is:
1. A card game that makes use of the wonderful, complex and inspiring things that inform the notion of biodiversity.
2. An exercise in crowd sourcing, open access, and open source game development.
3. Freakin' awesome!


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Maori Octopus
Octopus maorum
Sorry, there is no photo available. If you have one, please submit here.6 POINTS
• Octopus maorum has a MOVE of 2.Cool, WarmImage by Phineas X. Jones octophant.usOctopus maorum, the New Zealand octopus (wheke in Maori), is found in the waters around New Zealand and southern Australia. It lives around reefs and consumes crustaceans. The female takes good care of her eggs during the 11 weeks before they hatch.[1] (From Wikipedia, April 23, 2010) – – – “Octopus maorum, sp. nov. Body [...]
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Flood!
Event Card

PLAY: on 1 SPECIES card of any land based TERRAIN.
EFFECT: Convert to FRESHWATER terrain for 1 turns. Discard played SPECIES that is incompatible.
Image by John Burnett johnnyburn.blogspot.com/Henri Weisen www.flickr.com/photos/87563734@N00/A flood is an overflow or accumulation of an expanse of water that submerges land.[1] The EU Floods directive defines a flood as a temporary covering by water of land not normally covered by water. [2]In the sense of “flowing water”, the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Flooding may [...]
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Veiled Chameleon
Chamaeleo calyptratus


6 POINTS
• Chamaeleo calyptratus has a MOVE of 2.
Warm, HotImage by Liesbeth Lenaers fruitybirdstudio.daportfolio.comChris Kadet en.wikipedia.orgThe veiled chameleon, Chamaeleo calyptratus, is a large species of chameleon found in the mountain regions of Yemen, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. It is also sometimes referred to as the Yemen Chameleon. The male veiled chameleon is green in color and, depending on the animal’s emotional state, this green will range from a [...]
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Nootka Rose
Rosa nutkana


3 POINTS
• Oemleria cerasiformis has a SPREAD of 1 (requires a POLLINATOR).
Cold, Cool, WarmImage by Derek Tan www.botany.ubc.ca/derekWikipedia Commons en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiRosa nutkana (Nootka Rose, Bristly rose,[3] Wild rose[4]) is a 2-10 foot (60cm-3m) tall perennial shrub in the Rose family (Rosaceae).[5] It has light green paired leaflets with toothed edges and sharp spines on the bottom. The 2-3 inch pink (5-8cm) flowers usually occur singly, but may appear in groups of 2 or 3. The [...]
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Red Panda
Ailurus fulgens


6 POINTS
• Ailurus Fulgens has a MOVE of 2.
Ailurus Fulgens is often referred to as the "cutest animal on the planet."Cool, WarmImage by Heather Ravenscroft heatherravenscroft.wordpress.comThe Red Panda (taxonomic name: Ailurus fulgens, “shining cat”) is a small arboreal mammal and the only species of the genus Ailurus. Slightly larger than a domestic cat, it has reddish-brown fur, a long, shaggy tail, and a waddling gait due to its shorter front legs. It eats mainly bamboo, but is omnivorous and may [...]
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Grasslands
Habitat card

2 POINTS
• This is a HABITAT card. You can start to build SPECIES from this card or connect to existing "compatible" networks.
• This card cannot be removed once played.
Cool, WarmImage by Chad Walker gammon.deviantart.com/Trey Ratcliff stuckincustoms.comGrasslands (also called greenswards) are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae) and other herbaceous (non-woody) plants (forbs). However, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) families can also be found. Grasslands occur naturally on all continents except Antarctica. In temperate latitudes, such as northwest Europe, grasslands are dominated by perennial species, where as in [...]
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QUICK CARD LINKS: Event | Mammal | Plant | Bird | Cephalopod | Reptile | Fish | Insect | Spider | Fungi | Microbe | Starters | Habitat
CARD ATTRIBUTES DESCRIPTION
Top Left: COMMON NAME, LATIN NAME
Top Right: SCALE#, FOODCHAIN#, DIET (photosynthetic | molecular carbon | herbivore | omnivore | carnivore)
Middle: CLASSIFICATION (Kingdom, Phyla/Division, Class)
Middle Text: (currently blank) SPECIAL ABILITIES
Bottom Graphic: TERRAIN (desert | freshwater | forest | grassland | ocean | tundra | urban)
Bottom Left: ARTIST NAME, ARTIST URL
Bottom Right: CLIMATE (cold | cool | warm | hot)
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