E

Elms

The tall trees that grow in the northern regions of Middle-earth. Treebeard noted there were once large forests of Elms in Ossiriand.

F is for Fatty Lumpkin, Tom Bombadil's pony.

G is for Gwaihir, an eagle.

H is for Hírilorn, the big tree in which Luthien was imprisoned.

Just so any new players know the theme we're working on:
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Animals and Plants of Arda

(let’s leave out any Men/Orcs/Elves/Hobbits/Shapechangers/Uruks/Valar/Maiar etc. from this)

Carry on! :)

I is for inzil, a Numenorean word meaning 'flower'.

J

. . . Jewel encrusted Smaug . . .

K

Is for Kine of Araw, the legendary cattle of Rhûn.

L is for Landroval, another eagle.

M

is for Mallos, a wild flower that grew in the vales of Lebennin in Gondor.

Nessamelda, a fragrant tree of Numenor.

Olly the ...
 

... Oliphaunt.

Yes, O is for Oliphaunt, an enormous elephantine creature native to Southern Middle Earth, used by the Haradrim as war-machines (Mumakil).

To his great delight, Sam caught sight of an Oliphaunt in South Ithilien accompanying a column of Haradrim marching towards Mordor, confirming the existence of a creature of which he had only previous heard of in a Hobbit nursery-rhyme.

These creatures were subsequently employed by the forces of Sauron at the Seige of Minas Tirith and the Battle of Pelennor Fields.

P for Potatoes, that sam wanted in Ithilien.

Quill that Sam wrote with when he was a mayor.

R is for Roac the Raven.

S

Seregon (blood-of-stone) - the blood-red flowers that grew on the rocky head of Amon Rûdh.

T is for Trees, which are in general...plants. To find a way to make it usfull...um...well...Pippin first thought Treebeard was a Tree!

U
 

...is for Ungoliant, a giant spider.

A-Z
 

V is for Vardarianna - the fragrent evergreen tree brought to Númenor by the Eldar of Eressëa.

W
 

The White Tree of Valinor, a title of Telperion, the elder of the Two Trees of Valinor, from whom the White Trees of Númenor and of Gondor were descended.

W is for Willows...especially Old Man Willow, who lived in the center of the Old Forect and was the source of the forest's hate for walking things!

Perky Ent, we cross-posted!
 

X

The X-tra large oliphaunt.

"Oliphaunt am I,
Biggest of all,
Huge, old, and tall."

Y is for yavannamírë, the fragrant evergreen tree the Elves brought to Númenor.

Since there is no Z...
 

...that I know oh, Z is for Zirag-zigil, where Gandalf, a person who smokes pipe weed, died. It's amajor stretch, but I can't think of something better!


Now, let's see...what should we do, water, fire, air, earth...we're running out of elements. how about, THINGS CONCERNING TIME

Let's start out simply

A is for Age, a period of time in Middle-Earth

B
 

Blodmath, the eleventh month of the Shire calendar.

C

Cermië

. . . the seventh month of the year, according to the Stewards' Reckoning of Gondor

Continuing simple...
 

D is for Day, which months, years and ages is made of.

E

Elder Days

Narrowly defined: the time before the War of Wrath (that is, the days before the end of the First Age

F is for Fourth Age, which began with the destruction of the Ring.

G
 

Girithron, The Sindarin name for the twelfth month of the year, according to the calendars of Men, following Hithui or Hísimë.

H stands for Halimath, the 9th month of the Shire calendar.

I
 

Ivanneth, he name among the Dúnedain for the ninth month of the year, more commonly known in Middle-earth by its Quenya title, Yavannië. Its name comes from the words yávë 'fruit' and anna 'gift', a reference to the harvests of autumn, and connected to the name of Yavanna, the Vala of earth and growth.

Um...I'm strongly thinking that there is no J, so should we carry on?

J
 

June, the modern equivalent of the months Narië and Cermië...actually, a large part of Narië and a small part of Cermië.

K
King's Reckoning-Calendar of the Dunedain.

L is for Lithe - "extra" days on the Shire calendar

M
 

Midyear's Day, also called Loëndë, the day that fell in the middle of the year, which was an important feature in many of the calendars of Middle-earth.

The Numenorean system, a.k.a King's Reckoning.

O
 

Overlithe, the hobbit's Leap Year's extra day. It occurs between Midyear's Day and the ssecond Lithe.