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unusual facts about Adder


Adder's tongue

Erythronium (also known as Fawn Lily, Trout Lily, or Dog's-tooth Violet), a genus of lilies


Armstrong Siddeley Adder

Adder was flight tested in the rear-turret position of the Avro Lancaster III SW342, the aircraft also having been previously modified and used for icing trials of the Mamba by Armstrong Siddeley's Flight Test Department at Bitteswell.

Dorothy Lake State Natural Area

Rare plant species that can be found on the site include Blunt-Lobe Grape Fern (Botrychium oneidense), Prickly Hornwort (Ceratophyllum echinatum), White Adder's Mouth (Malaxis monophyllos), Farwell's Water Milfoil (Myriophyllum farwellii), Bog Bluegrass (Poa paludigena), and Hidden-Fruited Bladderwort (Utricularia geminiscapa).

Hardington Mandeville

The rare French oat-grass is very abundant on the site and the fields are home to a wide variety of plant species, most notably adder's tongue, corky-fruited water-dropwort and large numbers of green-winged orchid.

Hardington Moor

The rare French oat-grass is very abundant on the site and the fields are home to a wide variety of plant species, most notably adder's tongue, corky-fruited water-dropwort and large numbers of green-winged orchid.

Hauenštejn

In World War II it was used by the Hitler Youth and it was also used for snake experiments – a snake from the genus of Coluber was set in the location to fight the adder and a kind of serum was developed there that Rommel used in Africa.

Lookahead

Lookahead carry unit, a logical unit in digital circuit design used to decrease calculation time in adder units

Nagshead

8 of Britain's 12 reptiles and amphibians breed here; Common Lizard, Slow Worm, Adder, Grass Snake, Common Frog, Common Toad, Smooth Newt and Palmate Newt.

Sleeping Giant Provincial Park

Plants found in the park include 23 species of orchids including Bog Adder's-mouth (Malaxis paludosa) and Small Round-leafed Orchis (Amerorchis Rotundifolia), two of Ontario's rarest species, as well as 22 species of alpine arctic disjuncts.

The Foretelling

In the Black Adder, Richard IV's Queen is Gertrude of Flanders; from 1482 to 1506, the County of Flanders was in fact ruled by Philip the Handsome, Count of Flanders.


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