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The BioBlitz is a chance for you to explore the biodiversity in your own backyards. By doing a
BioBlitz you are able to determine what is living in a particular area at a particular point in time.
This is a chance for you to experience first-hand how real science is put to work.

Local name Scientific Photodocumentation Description of

name/ Genus site
name found.

This plant is
situated at the
front of our
Dracaena neighbor’s
Dragon plant marginata house within
(CABI, 2019) their make shift
plant box. The
D. marginata
thrives in an area
that receives a
good amount of
sunlight. It is
being watered
every now and
then.
 The T. Fournieri
is planted into a
pot with loam
soil in our plant
box. This plant
Blue wings or Torenia fournieri is situated in an
Wishbone (Maggie, 2021) area where it
flower receives fair
amount of
sunlight to avoid
destruction of
the leaves. It is
waters regularly
to maintain the
structure of the
plant.

The B. glabra is
planted in a pot.
It is also situated
right at the front
Bougainvillea Bougainvillea of our house and
glabra is being watered
(CABI, 2021) every day. It
thrives in an
environment
where it can
withstand
extreme heat as
it is a heat-
loving plant.
 The A.
Aglaonema commutatum is
Chinese commutatum planted into a
evergreen (NC STATE pot and is placed
EXTENSION) in an area where
it gets most
sunlight. It is
being watered
once every 7-10
days.

The Aloe vera

plant is put in an
area where it
also receives a
fair amount of
Aloe vera Aloe vera sunlight. This
(PubMedCentral, plant prefers dry
2008) soil thus it is
only being
watered
sparingly once
or twice a week.
 References

CABI. (n.d.). Dracaena marginata (dragon plant). Retrieved on June 30, 2021 from
https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/19902.

CABI. (n.d.). Bougainvillea spectabilis (great bougainvillea). Retrieved on June 30, 2021 from
https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/9640

M. (2021, January 14). Wishbone flower profile. RayaGarden.

https://www.rayagarden.com/garden-plants/wishbone-flower-profile.html

Aglaonema commutatum (Chinese Evergreen, Golden Evergreen, Philippine Evergreen, Poison

Dart Plant) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox. (n.d.). NC STATE

EXTENSION. Retrieved July 1, 2021, from https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/aglaonema-

commutatum/