Plants and Animals
- Birds of the families Certhiidae treecreepers:
- Brown Creeper (New Zealand)
- the Climacteridae Australasian treecreeper
- the Rhabdornithidae Philippine creeper
- Long-billed Creeper
- Stripe-breasted Creeper
- Stripe-headed Creeper
- Various vines, particularly to species in the genus Parthenocissus
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