Draft:Stani flora and fauna

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Flora

Heirloom flora

National Plants include the "Four Sisters", but specifically Floriani Red Flint Corn, Blue Hubbard Squash, Provider Beans, and the Chocolate Sunflower

Fauna

Stan is home to the Royal Wildlife Preserve and Gardens, an open-range wildlife preserve that originally sought to be a mere zoo alternative, but grew its mission to that of global wildlife refuge by hosting many microclimates and microbiomes to promote plant and animal biodiversity. It hosts hundreds of non-native animals, plants and microbes in controlled environments that seek to respect local ecosystems while increasing the ability of these ecosystems to tolerate new inputs. Its colloquial name is Ark 2 or Arktu. The species have in many instances fared better than in their native environments and spread well beyond the confines of the preserve. It spans Forest Acres-Two Notch-Decker, an area which has been remade to look like the Ewok village. The Preserve was a gift from the Emperor of Miami after the Methane Clathrate Boom and the formation of the Lagos League.

Wildlife

In general, Stan is known for its beetles, tanagers and chameleons. Stanimals bear close resemblance to several tropical and especially Amazonian species, except that they vocalize with Southern accents. The official bird is the Palmetto bird. The unofficial bird is the rednecked tanager.

Birds

Nicobar pigeon, cotinga and pompadour cotinga, bare-throated bellbird, splendid fairy wren, seven-colored tanager, lilac-breasted roller, musician wren, blue-naped chlorophonia, golden-naped tanager, glistening-green tanager, lesser blue-eared starling, superb starling, emerald starling, green broadbill, various types of kingfishers and hoopoes. Gouldian finch, a temporomigratory bird called the rainbow lark that travels to Stan from the future to stop people from tripping.

Mammals

There is a purple poodle which is the unofficial royal pet. Besides the Royal Wildlife Preserve and Gardens, Stan is also overrun with monkeys and rabbits. Snub-nosed monkey, pygmy marmoset. Pets are popular in Stan but not as popular as livestock. The most popular pets are iridescent beetles, which are frequently given as gifts. Other popular pets include chameleons, sloths, capuchins, miniature donkeys and miniature pigs. The latter two are converted to livestock as necessary.

Aquatic animals

Blue and bicolor parrotfish

Insects

There are Picasso beetles throughout Stan which can be found shining shoes or just brightening people's day. They love to tickle ears. Blue morpho butterfly

Livestock

The preferred goat breed of the Starakatsani is the Golden Guernsey. The Roamins hunt and sheer the Vicuña. The Borneo elephant is used in a very limited capacity as a draft animal. Animal husbandry innovation is central to Stan's agrarian sector, with an extremely active made-to-order market for crossbred meat livestock.


References

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10806-015-9537-z

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/zoo.1430030107