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Akyatan Lagoon
Akyatan Lagoon is a 14700-hectare wetland ecosystem that is designated as List of Ramsar wetlands of international importance, Wetland of International Importance by Ramsar Convention. A major stopover for migrating birds, Akyatan is recognized as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International. It is the single largest green turtle rookery at the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean, holding 43% of the Mediterranean nesting population. The lagoon is located at the northeastern edge of Mediterranean Sea, 30 km south of the city of Adana, in Cilicia region of Turkey. The entrance to the lagoon is either from Tuzla or through Küçük Karataş Village. Geology Akyatan lake and the lagoons were formed during the 4th era (10,000 years ago) when water levels at the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean started changing. As the rivers that make up the delta flooded, a large swamp came into being at the location where there is Akyatan lake. The swamp then disconnected from the sea and too ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Çukurova
Çukurova (), or the Cilician Plain (''Cilicia Pedias'' in antiquity), is a large fertile plain in the Cilicia region of southern Anatolia. The plain covers the easternmost areas of Mersin Province, southern and central Adana Province, western Osmaniye Province and northwestern Hatay Province. Etymology ''Çukurova'' is a compound (linguistics), compound of the Turkish language, Turkish words "hollow, Depression (geology), depression" and "plains". The oldest recorded use of the name in Turkish can be traced back to Aşıkpaşazade's late 15th century work '. History The region's recorded history dates back over 6,000 years. During the Bronze Age, the region was known as Kizzuwatna. As an area located between the native Hurrians, Hurrian lands of Southeastern Anatolia Region, Southeastern Anatolia and the native Luwians, Luwian lands of the Mediterranean Region, Turkey, Mediterranean coast of Anatolia, it was a mixed Luwian-Hurrian region. Hence, these two indigenous langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Common Vetch
''Vicia sativa'', known as the common vetch, garden vetch, tare or simply vetch, is a nitrogen-fixing leguminous plant in the family Fabaceae. It is now naturalised throughout the world occurring on every continent, except Antarctica and the Arctic. The centre of diversity is thought to be the Fertile Crescent, although gold standard molecular confirmation is currently not available. Global common vetch cultivation is limited due to anti-nutritional compounds in the seed although it is grown in dryland agricultural zones in Australia, China and Ethiopia due to its drought tolerance and very low nutrient requirements compared to other legumes. In these agricultural zones common vetch is grown as a green manure, livestock fodder or rotation crop. In cultivated grainfields, like lentils, it is often considered a weed due to downgrading of harvested mixed grain, resulting in farmers receiving less financial returns. Description ''Vicia sativa'' is a sprawling annual herb, with ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cupressus
''Cupressus'' (common name cypress) is one of several genus, genera of evergreen conifers within the Family (biology), family Cupressaceae; for the others, see cypress. It is considered a Polyphyly, polyphyletic group. Based on genetic and morphological analysis, the genus ''Cupressus'' is found in the subfamily Cupressoideae. The common name "cypress" comes via the Old French from the Latin , which is the Latinisation (literature), latinisation of the Greek language, Greek κυπάρισσος (''kypárissos''). The name derives from Cyparissus, a mythological figure who was turned into a tree after killing a stag. As currently treated, these cypresses are native plants in scattered localities in mainly warm temperate climate regions in the Northern Hemisphere, including northwest Africa, the Middle East, the Himalayas, southern China and northern Vietnam. As with other pinophyta, conifers, extensive cultivation has led to a wide variety of forms, sizes and colours, that are gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Pine
''Pinus brutia'', commonly known as the Turkish pine and Calabrian pine, is a species of pine native to the eastern Mediterranean region. The bulk of its range is in Turkey, but certain varieties are naturalized as far east as Afghanistan. It is also known as East Mediterranean pine, Afghan pine, and Brutia pine. The name "Calabrian pine" comes from an introduced grove in the Calabria region of southern Italy; historically this region was called Bruttium, which is likely where the specific epithet "brutia" comes from. ''Pinus brutia'' bears many similarities with other, closely related species such as '' Pinus halepensis'' and '' Pinus canariensis''. Turkish pine forms a species complex with the former. Description ''Pinus brutia'' is a medium-size tree, reaching tall with a trunk diameter of up to , exceptionally . The young bark is thin and red-orange, maturing to grey-brown to orange in color, fissured to flaky in texture. The leaves are needle-like, slender, long, dark gree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stone Pine
The Italian stone pine, botanical name ''Pinus pinea'', also known as the Mediterranean stone pine is a tree from the pine family (''Pinaceae''). The tree is native to the Mediterranean region, occurring in Southern Europe and the Levant. The species was introduced into North Africa millennia ago, and is also naturalized in the Canary Islands, South Africa and New South Wales. Stone pines have been used and cultivated for their edible pine nuts since prehistoric times. They are widespread in horticultural cultivation as ornamental trees, planted in gardens and parks around the world. This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. ''Pinus pinea'' is a diagnostic species of the vegetation class ''Pinetea halepensis''. Description The stone pine is a coniferous evergreen tree that can exceed in height, but is more typical. In youth, it is a bushy globe, in mid-age an umbrella canopy on a thick trunk, and, in maturity, a broad and flat crown o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robinia
''Robinia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, tribe Robinieae, native to North America. Commonly known as locusts, they are deciduous trees and shrubs growing tall. The leaves are pinnate with 7–21 oval leaflets. The flowers are white or pink, in usually pendulous racemes. Many species have thorny shoots, and several have sticky hairs on the shoots. The genus is named after the royal French gardeners Jean Robin (botanist), Jean Robin and his son :fr:Vespasien Robin, Vespasien Robin, who introduced the plant to Europe in 1601. The number of species is disputed between different authorities, with as few as four recognised by some authors, while others recognise up to 10 species. Several natural Hybrid (biology), hybrids are also known. Some species of ''Robinia'' are used as food by caterpillars of Lepidoptera, including such moths as the brown-tail (''Euproctis chrysorrhoea''), the buff-tip (''Phalera bucephala''), the engrailed (''Ectropis crepuscularia'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia Saligna
''Acacia saligna'', commonly known by various names including coojong, golden wreath wattle, willow wattle, orange wattle, blue-leafed wattle, Western Australian golden wattle, and, in Africa, Port Jackson willow, is a small tree in the family (biology), family Fabaceae. Native to Australia, it is widely distributed throughout the south west corner of Western Australia, extending north as far as the Murchison River (Western Australia), Murchison River, and east to Israelite Bay, Western Australia, Israelite Bay. The Noongar peoples know the tree as Cujong. Description ''Acacia saligna'' grows as a small, dense, spreading tree with a short trunk and a weeping habit. It grows up to eight metres tall. Like many ''Acacia'' species, it has phyllodes rather than true leaves; these can be up to 25 centimetres long. At the base of each phyllode is a nectary gland, which secretes a sugary fluid. This attracts ants, which are believed to reduce the numbers of leaf-eating insects. The y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eucalyptus
''Eucalyptus'' () is a genus of more than 700 species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae. Most species of ''Eucalyptus'' are trees, often Mallee (habit), mallees, and a few are shrubs. Along with several other genera in the tribe Eucalypteae, including ''Corymbia'' and ''Angophora'', they are commonly known as eucalypts or "gum trees". Plants in the genus ''Eucalyptus'' have bark that is either smooth, fibrous, hard, or stringy and leaves that have oil Gland (botany), glands. The sepals and petals are fused to form a "cap" or Operculum (botany), operculum over the stamens, hence the name from Greek ''eû'' ("well") and ''kaluptós'' ("covered"). The fruit is a woody Capsule (botany), capsule commonly referred to as a "gumnut". Most species of ''Eucalyptus'' are Indigenous (ecology), native to Australia, and every state and territory has representative species. About three-quarters of Australian forests are eucalypt forests. Many eucalypt species have adapted to wildfire, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orchis Spitzelii
''Orchis spitzelii'' is a species of orchid found from Sweden (Gotland), eastern Spain to the Caucasus and western Asia and northwestern Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac .... Specifically, it is native to northern Europe (Sweden), central Europe (Austria and possibly extirpated in Germany), southwestern Europe (the Balearic Islands, Corsica, France, and Spain), southeastern Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Crete, and countries of the former Yugoslavia), northern Africa (Algeria and Morocco), western Asia (Iran, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey), and both the North Caucasus and Transcaucasia. Subspecies Three subspecies are accepted. *''Orchis spitzelii'' subsp. ''cazorlensis'' – central and eastern Spain, Balearic Islands, and Morocco *''Orchis spitzeli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serapias
''Serapias'' is a genus of terrestrial orchids that can be found all over southern Europe to Asia Minor. The genus was named after Serapis Serapis or Sarapis is a Egyptian Greeks, Graeco-Egyptian god. A Religious syncretism, syncretic deity derived from the worship of the Egyptian Osiris and Apis (deity), Apis, Serapis was extensively popularized in the third century BC on the ord ..., a syncretic Hellenistic-Egyptian god in Antiquity. ''Serapias'' have spurless flowers and usually go dormant during the winter seasons. Species *'' Serapias bergonii'' *'' Serapias cordigera'' *'' Serapias cossyrensis'' *'' Serapias istriaca'' *'' Serapias levantina'' *'' Serapias lingua'' *'' Serapias neglecta'' *'' Serapias nurrica'' *'' Serapias olbia'' *'' Serapias orientalis'' *'' Serapias parviflora'' *'' Serapias perez-chiscanoi'' *'' Serapias politisii'' *'' Serapias strictiflora'' *'' Serapias vomeracea'' Natural hybrids *''Serapias'' × ''albertii'' (''S. neglecta'' × ''S. vomer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Early Spider Orchid
''Ophrys sphegodes'', commonly known as the early spider-orchid, is a species of sexually-deceptive orchid native to Europe and the Middle East. It is a highly varied species with many subspecies recognised. Description Plant height varies with latitude. In the UK the maximum height is around 20 cm, but around the Mediterranean a height of 70 cm may be reached. Flowers March–May (April–May in northern latitudes). Each shoot may carry between 2 and 18 flowers. The flowers have yellow-green sepals and a velvety red-brown labellum with a distinctive silvery-blue H marking so that the flowers much resemble an arthropod and especially a spider. Similar to '' Ophrys fuciflora'' and ''Ophrys apifera'' but flowers differ in that late spider orchid and bee orchid have much smaller petals than sepals; in early spider orchid petals and sepals are a similar size. They are also distinguished by patches of colour on the labellum; late spider orchid has a yellow point at the cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smilax Aspera
''Smilax aspera'', with common names common smilax, rough bindweed, sarsaparille, includes photos and European distribution map and Mediterranean smilax, is a species of Flowering plant, flowering vine in the Smilacaceae, greenbriar family. Description ''Smilax aspera'' is a perennial, evergreen climber with a flexible and delicate stem, with sharp thorns. The climbing stem is long.Pignatti S. - Flora d'Italia – Edagricole – 1982. Vol. III, pag. 401 The leaves are long, petiolated, alternate, tough, leathery, and heart-shaped, with toothed and spiny margins. It is a Monocotyledon, ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
