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Fertő-Hanság National Park
Fertő-Hanság National Park() is a national Park in North-West Hungary in Győr-Moson-Sopron county. It was created in 1991, and officially opened together with the connecting Austrian National Park Neusiedler See-Seewinkel, Neusiedler See-Seewinkel National Park the same year (both parks are attached to Lake Neusiedl, Lake Neusiedl/Lake Fertő). The park covers 235.88 km2, and consists of two main areas. Lake Fertő is the third largest lake in Central-Europe, and the westernmost of the great continental salt lakes of Eurasia. Because of the shallow level of water and the prevailing wind, the size and shape of the lake changes very often. The area gives home to various kinds of birds, like the great egret, purple heron, common spoonbill and greylag goose. During the migration season species of the family Scolopacidae appear. Rare birds include red-breasted goose, white-tailed eagle and hen harrier. The lake is inhabited by weatherfish, northern pike and ziege. On the meadows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podersdorf Nordstrand
Podersdorf am See () is a market town in the district of Neusiedl am See (district), Neusiedl am See in Burgenland in the east of Austria on the shore of the Neusiedler See. It is home to a windmill and lake (pictured below). The town is a local center of tourism with generous bathing facilities. Originally a tiny peasant dwelling owned by the Heiligenkreuz Abbey, the economy is now based on tourism and quality wine making. Geography Podersdorf is located on the eastern shore of Lake Neusiedl, 121 meters above sea level. It is the only village where access to the lake is not impeded by mud and reed growth. The region between Neusiedl am See and Hungary is known as Seewinkel and is part of the Little Hungarian Plain. This flat and mostly treeless Puszta with numerous small lakes and ponds, shows a unique flora and fauna. The town is part of the national park Neusiedler See-Seewinkel. Since 2001, the cultural landscape has been a World Heritage Site. History Discoveries from the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cypripedium Calceolus
''Cypripedium calceolus'' is a lady's-slipper orchid, and the type species of the genus ''Cypripedium''. It is native to Europe and Asia. Taxonomy ''Cypripedium'' comes from the Greek Κύπρις πεδίον (''Kypris pedion''), meaning Aphrodite's foot (a reference to the goddess Aphrodite, equivalent to the Roman Venus). ''calceolus'' is Latin for a small shoe. ''Cypripedium calceolus'' does not occur in North America, though the closely related '' Cypripedium parviflorum'' and '' C. pubescens'' are often still referred to as subspecies or varieties of ''C. calceolus''. Description This is the largest-flowered orchid species in Europe, growing to 60 cm tall with flowers as wide as 9 cm. Before it flowers, it is distinguished from other orchids by the large size and width of its ovate leaves (as big as 18 cm long, 9 cm wide), which like other orchids exhibit parallel venation. Each shoot has up to four leaves and a small number of flowers (typically one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suaeda Maritima
''Suaeda maritima'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae known by the common names herbaceous seepweed and annual seablite. Description It is a yellow-green shrub with fleshy, succulent leaves and green flowers. It grows to about 35 cm in salt marshes. Retrieved 5 September 2012. It is edible as a leaf vegetable, and due to its high salt content it can be used in combination with other foods as a seasoning. It is found worldwide, but in North America it is primarily located on the northern east coast: in New England, ''S. maritima ssp. maritima'' is introduced, while the native species is ''S. maritima ssp. richii''. The native New England species is on endangered rare plant lists in Massachusetts (rare) and Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island (extremely rare, S1), subject to protection and prohibition from disturbance. Habitat This plant resides in aquatic, terrestrial, and wetland habitats. But mainly in salt marshes and sea shores, usually be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aster Pannonicum
Aster or ASTER may refer to: Biology * ''Aster'' (genus), a genus of flowering plants ** List of ''Aster'' synonyms, other genera formerly included in ''Aster'' and still called asters in English * Aster (cell biology), a cellular structure shaped like a star, formed around each centrosome during mitosis * Aster, a star-shaped sponge spicule Automobiles * Ateliers de Construction Mecanique l'Aster, a French automobile and engine manufacturer from 1900 to 1910 * Aster Società Italiana Motori, an Italian automobile manufacturer from 1906 to 1908 * Aster (automobile), a British automobile manufactured between 1922 and 1930 Military * Aster (missile family), a family of surface-to-air missiles, produced jointly by France, Italy and the United Kingdom * USS ''Aster'', a Civil War Union Navy tugboat * , two Royal Navy ships * Belgian minehunter ''Aster'' (M915), ship * Operation Aster, by the Soviet Army in 1944 in Estonia Businesses * Aster (venture capital company) * Aster Data ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aster Tripolium
''Tripolium pannonicum'', called sea aster or seashore aster and often known by the synonyms ''Aster tripolium'' or ''Aster pannonicus'', is a flowering plant, native to Eurasia and northern Africa, that is confined in its distribution to salt marshes, estuaries and occasionally to inland salt works. It is a perennial growing up to 50 cm tall with fleshy lanceolate leaves and purple ray florets flowering from July to September. The plants tend to be short-lived and populations need significant new recruitment each year from new seedlings. There are rayed as well as rayless varieties and only the former have long blue or white florets. The rayless form is yellow. The plant flowers well into autumn and hence provides a valuable source of nectar for late-flying butterflies such as painted lady and red admiral. Young leaves of this plant are edible and are collected for consumption on the floodplains of the Dutch province of Zeeland. Sea aster was celebrated as the subject of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puccinellia Peisonis
''Puccinellia'' is a genus of plants in the grass family, known as alkali grass or salt grass. These grasses grow in wet environments, often in saline or alkaline conditions. They are native to temperate to Arctic regions of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Selected species ''Puccinellia deschampsioides'' '' Puccinellia macra'' - Wright's alkali grass :List sources : References External linksJepson Manual Treatment {{Authority control Poaceae genera Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puszta
The Hungarian puszta () is a temperate grassland biome of the Great Hungarian Plain. It is an exclave of the Pannonian Steppe, and lies mainly around the River Tisza in the eastern part of Hungary, as well as in the western part of the country and in the Burgenland of Austria. It covers a total area of about . The characteristic landscape is composed of treeless plains, saline steppes and salt lakes, and includes scattered sand dunes, low, wet forests and freshwater marshes along the floodplains of the ancient rivers. It is strongly associated with traditional Hungarian breeds of domestic animal including the Hungarian Grey breed of cattle, the Mangalitsa breed of woolly pig, the Nonius breed of horse and the Racka breed of horned sheep, and also with the traditions of the csikós mounted herdsmen. Name The adjective has meanings including 'abandoned', 'bare', 'bleak', 'deserted' and 'uninhabited'. History From the late Pleistocene era the landscape of the Alföld ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
