Opawskie Mountains Landscape Park
Opawskie Mountains Landscape Park (''Park Krajobrazowy Gór Opawskich'') is a protected area ( Landscape Park) in the Opawskie Mountains in south-western Poland, established in 1988, covering an area of . The Park lies within Opole Voivodeship: in Nysa County ( Gmina Głuchołazy) and Prudnik County (Gmina Prudnik, Gmina Lubrza), between the cities of Prudnik and Głuchołazy. Within the Landscape Park are four nature reserves. Flora of the Park There are over 500 species of vascular plants in the area of the Opawskie Mountains Landscape Park, most of them are native species. * ''Allium ursinum'' * ''Atropa belladonna'' * ''Aruncus dioicus'' * ''Asplenium septentrionale'' * ''Carlina acaulis'' * ''Cephalanthera longifolia'' * '' Corydalis intermedia'' * ''Daphne mezereum'' * ''Digitalis grandiflora'' * ''Digitalis purpurea'' * ''Epipactis albensis'' * ''Lilium martagon'' * ''Lysimachia nemorum'' * ''Orchis mascula'' * '' Orobanche flava'' * '' Ranunculus platanifolius'' * ''S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Opole Voivodeship
Opole Voivodeship, or Opole Province ( pl, województwo opolskie ), is the smallest and least populated voivodeship (province) of Poland. The province's name derives from that of the region's capital and largest city, Opole. It is part of Upper Silesia. A relatively large German minority, with representatives in the Sejm, lives in the voivodeship, and the German language is co-official in 28 communes. Opole Voivodeship is bordered by Lower Silesian Voivodeship to the west, Greater Poland and Łódź Voivodeships to the north, Silesian Voivodeship to the east, and the Czech Republic (Olomouc Region and Moravian-Silesian Region) to the south. Opole Province's geographic location, economic potential, and its population's level of education make it an attractive business partner for other Polish regions (especially Lower Silesian and Silesian Voivodeships) and for foreign investors. Formed in 1997, the Praděd/Pradziad Euroregion with its headquarter in Prudnik has facilitated e ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aruncus Dioicus
''Aruncus dioicus'', known as goat's beard, buck's-beard or bride's feathers, is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the family Rosaceae, found in Europe, Asia, and eastern and western North America. It is the type species of the genus ''Aruncus''. It has alternate, pinnately compound leaves, on thin, stiff stems, with plumes of feathery white or cream flowers borne in summer. The Latin specific epithet ''dioicus'' means "having the male reproductive organs on one plant, and the female on another". Description The species is from tall, with compound leaves consisting of 3 or 5 leaflets. Very small, 5-petaled white or cream flowers are displayed in showy panicles, blooming in late spring to early summer. Male and female flowers are borne on different plants. The flower spikes rise high above the plant, adding to the showiness of the species. Plants with male flowers have a showier bloom than the ones with female flowers. Varieties * ''Aruncus dioicus'' var. ''ae ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ranunculus Platanifolius
''Ranunculus platanifolius'', the large white buttercup, is a species of perennial herb of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae) growing in mountains of Europe. Description The large white buttercup is an herbaceous plant 30 – 100 cm tall, with glabrous stem with many branches. The leaves are palmate, each divided into five segments with dentate margin. Flowers are organized into cymes; each flower has a calyx with five sepals, a corolla with five white petals, many stamens with yellow anthers and many styles. Fruits are hooked achenes. Distribution and habitat This plant lives in mountain woods and forests of Europe, from 800 to 2000 m above sea level. Toxicity As other Ranunculaceae, this plant is toxic because it contains anemonin Anemonin is a compound found in plants of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). It is the dimerization product of the toxin protoanemonin and easily reacts with water to a dicarboxylic acid. The name of the substance comes from the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Orobanche Flava
''Orobanche'', commonly known as broomrape, is a genus of over 200 species of small parasitic herbaceous plants, mostly native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. It is the type genus of the broomrape family Orobanchaceae. Description Broomrapes are generally small, only tall depending on species. They are best recognized by the yellow- to straw-coloured stems completely lacking chlorophyll, bearing yellow, white, or blue snapdragon-like flowers. The flower shoots are scaly, with a dense terminal spike of 10-20 flowers in most species, although single in one-flowered broomrape (''Orobanche uniflora''). The leaves are merely triangular scales. The seeds are minute, tan or brown, blackening with age. These plants generally flower from late winter to late spring. When they are not flowering, no part of the plants is visible above the surface of the soil. Parasitism As they have no chlorophyll, the broomrapes are totally dependent on other plants for nutrients. Broomrape se ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Orchis Mascula
''Orchis mascula'', the early-purple orchid, early spring orchis, is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Description ''Orchis mascula'' is a perennial herbaceous plant with stems up to high, green at the base and purple on the apex. The root system consists of two tubers, rounded or ellipsoid. The leaves, grouped at the base of the stem, are oblong-lanceolate, pale green, sometimes with brownish-purple speckles. The inflorescence is long and it is composed of 6 to 20 flowers gathered in dense cylindrical spikes. The flower size is about and the color varies from pinkish-purple to purple. The lateral sepals are ovate-lanceolate and erect, the median one, together with the petals, is smaller and cover the gynostegium. The labellum is three-lobed and convex, with crenulated margins and the basal part clearer and dotted with purple-brown spots. The spur is cylindrical or clavate, horizontal or ascending. The gynostegium is short, with reddish-green ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lysimachia Nemorum
''Lysimachia nemorum'', the yellow pimpernel, is a perennial flowering plant in the family Primulaceae. Description ''Lysimachia nemorum'' is an evergreen creeping perennial herbaceous plant growing up to about 40 cm. The bright green leaves are opposite, ovate, pointed and without teeth or hairs. The yellow flowers are about 8mm across, borne singly on long stalks in the axil of each leaf. They have five very narrow sepals, five pointed petals and five stamens. The ovary is superior, forming a capsule. Distribution ''Lysimachia nemorum'' is native to Great Britain and Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ... and the east of mainland Europe from the Pyrenees in the south to eastern Norway in the nort Its habitat is damp woodland. References Lysimachia, n ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lilium Martagon
''Lilium martagon'', the martagon lily or Turk's cap lily, is a Eurasian species of lily. It has a widespread native region extending from Portugal east through Europe and Asia as far east as Mongolia. Description It is stem-rooting, growing between and tall. The flower colour is typically a pink-purple, with dark spots, but is quite variable, extending from near white to near black. The flowers are scented. Numerous flowers are borne on each plant, and up to 50 can be found on vigorous plants. The green stems can be flushed with purple or red and the leaves are elliptic to inverse lanceolate, mostly in whorls, up to long and often lightly hairy underneath. Varieties Numerous names have been proposed at the levels of subspecies and varieties. Only two are recognized by the World Checklist. *''Lilium martagon'' var. ''martagon'' – from Portugal to Mongolia *''Lilium martagon'' var. ''pilosiusculum'' Freyn – Russia, Kazakhstan, Xinjiang, Mongolia Cultivation Horticultural ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Epipactis Albensis
''Epipactis'', or helleborine, is a genus of terrestrial orchids consisting of approximately 70 species. This genus is abbreviated as Epcts in horticultural trade. Description Their creeping, fleshy rhizomes grow offshoots, from which then emerge the 20–70 cm long stems during the next spring. There are four to eight alternate, lanceolate leaves, that grow progressively shorter near the top. The margins are entire, the top is acute. Species with less chlorophyll have blue-purple leaves. Their bilaterally symmetrical colorful flowers grow from a terminal raceme. The three sepals and the two lateral petals are ovate and acuminate. Their color can vary from greenish-white to violet and purple. The lip is divided in a bowl-shaped hypochile, with the outer surface greenish-white and threaded with dark veins. The wavy, snow-white epichile is fan-shaped. The ovary is inferior. It produces a dry capsule with countless minute seeds. Chemistry As is characteristic of all ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Digitalis Purpurea
''Digitalis purpurea'', the foxglove or common foxglove, is a poisonous species of flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae, native to and widespread throughout most of temperate Europe. It has also naturalised in parts of North America and some other temperate regions. The plant is a popular garden subject, with many cultivars available. It is the original source of the heart medicine digoxin (also called digitalis or digitalin). This biennial plant grows as a rosette of leaves in the first year after sowing, before flowering and then dying in the second year (i.e. it is monocarpic). It generally produces enough seeds, however, so that new plants will continue to grow in a garden setting. Description ''Digitalis purpurea'' is an herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant. The leaves are spirally arranged, simple, long and broad, and are covered with gray-white pubescent and glandular hairs, imparting a woolly texture. The foliage forms a tight rosette at g ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Digitalis Grandiflora
''Digitalis grandiflora'', the yellow foxglove, big-flowered foxglove, or large yellow foxglove, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Digitalis'', family Plantaginaceae (formerly Scrophulariaceae). It is native to southern Europe and Asia. In mountains it grows on warm, bushy slopes or areas left after logging. The Latin specific epithet ''grandiflora'' means “large flowered”. Description It is a herbaceous perennial growing from a short rootstock with fibrous roots. ''D. grandiflora'' has glossy green, veined leaves, whose flowering stem can reach a height of . The pale yellow bell-shaped flowers are spaced out on the stem, long and show a netted brown marking in their interior. In the wild plants bloom in June and July. Cultivation ''Digitalis grandiflora'' is long lived perennial, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. It is winter hardy is USDA zones 3 to 8 and grows best in moisture retentive, but well drained, organic soil ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Daphne Mezereum
''Daphne mezereum'', commonly known as mezereum, mezereon, February daphne, spurge laurel or spurge olive, is a species of ''Daphne'' in the flowering plant family Thymelaeaceae, native to most of Europe and Western Asia, north to northern Scandinavia and Russia. In southern Europe it is confined to medium to higher elevations and in the subalpine vegetation zone, but descends to near sea level in northern Europe. It is generally confined to soils derived from limestone. Description It is a deciduous shrub growing to 1.5 m tall. The leaves are soft, 3–8 cm long and 1–2 cm broad, arranged spirally on the stems. The flowers are produced in early spring on the bare stems before the leaves appear. They have a four-lobed pink or light purple (rarely white) perianth 10–15 mm diameter, and are strongly scented. The fruit is a bright red berry 7–12 mm diameter; it is very poisonous for humans, though fruit-eating birds like thrushes are immune and eat them, d ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Corydalis Intermedia ...
''Corydalis intermedia'' is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Papaveraceae. It is native to Europe. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q311876 intermedia Intermedia is an art theory term coined in the mid-1960s by Fluxus artist Dick Higgins to describe various interdisciplinarity art activities that occur between genres, beginning in the 1960s. It was also used by John Brockman to refer to works ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |