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Berberis cretica L.Cretan Barberry, DE: Kretische BerberizeSlo.: kretiki eminDat.: April 26. 2016Lat.: 35.36129 Long.: 23.90723Code: Bot_951/2016_DSC1714Habitat: light mountain cypresses woodland (Cupressus sempervirens), north oriented mountain slope, locally almost flat terrain; calcareous, rocky, skeletal ground; full sun; elevation 1.030 m (3.400 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C (estimated ?), Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil.Place: Northwest slopes of White Mountains, north of Omalos plateau, next to the road from Omalos village to north shore of the island, somewhat lower after the highest point of the road; West Crete, Mediterranean Sea, Greece EU. Comment: Berberis cretica is a beautiful plant when in bloom, however adversely spiny. Its three-partite long and sturdy spines are dense and very sharp so it is impossible to brake off a single small branch with bare hands. This is, of cause, an efficient defense against grazing goats, which have radically changed Cretan flora through last millennia. Most of plants of Phrygana, specific Greek type of Garrigue (an open community of dwarf evergreen shrubs) are thorny.Berberis cretica is limited to high mountains of Crete, Rhodes, south Greece and Turkey. Contrary to our central European Common Barberry (Berberis vulgaris), which has vividly red berries, it has dark blue, almost black berries.Ref.:(1) I. Schnfelder, P. Schnfelder, Kosmos Atlas Mittelmeer- und Kanarenflora, Kosmos, (2002), p 48.(2) V. Papiomytoglou, Wildblumen aus Friechenland, Mediterrane Editions (2006), p 24.
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Orinda, California, United States
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Maryland, United States
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Cortijillos, Andalusia, Spain
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Prevessin-Moens, Rhone-Alpes, France
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Nandina domesticaheavenly bamboo. Native to Asia from the Himalayas eastward to Japan. Photographed along Ohlone Greenway in Berkeley, CA
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Yanqin Xu, Linjian Liu, Shaoxiong Liu, Yiming He, Renqing Li, Fei Ge
Phytokeys
Figure 3.
The variations and morphological characters of E.leptorrhizum. A the colour variations of inner sepals and petals B–E variations of the number and arrangement of stem-leaves F long creeping rhizome G stout and compact rhizome.
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Khumbu, Nepal
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Botanisk Have Århus
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Botanisk Have Århus
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Hobro, Jylland, Danmark
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Grand Canyon National Park, Coconino County, Arizona, US
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Icicle Gorge trail, Wenatchee National Forest, Chelan County, Washington, US
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Ramsey Canyon, Arizona, February 2014
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Upper Makefield, Pennsylvania, United States
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Norfolk, Virginia, United States
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Sonoran Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona. April 3, 2010. Native to the mountains of Arizona.
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Arizona, United States
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Berberis cretica L.Cretan Barberry, DE: Kretische BerberizeSlo.: kretiki eminDat.: April 26. 2016Lat.: 35.36129 Long.: 23.90723Code: Bot_951/2016_DSC1714Habitat: light mountain cypresses woodland (Cupressus sempervirens), north oriented mountain slope, locally almost flat terrain; calcareous, rocky, skeletal ground; full sun; elevation 1.030 m (3.400 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C (estimated ?), Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil.Place: Northwest slopes of White Mountains, north of Omalos plateau, next to the road from Omalos village to north shore of the island, somewhat lower after the highest point of the road; West Crete, Mediterranean Sea, Greece EU. Comment: Berberis cretica is a beautiful plant when in bloom, however adversely spiny. Its three-partite long and sturdy spines are dense and very sharp so it is impossible to brake off a single small branch with bare hands. This is, of cause, an efficient defense against grazing goats, which have radically changed Cretan flora through last millennia. Most of plants of Phrygana, specific Greek type of Garrigue (an open community of dwarf evergreen shrubs) are thorny.Berberis cretica is limited to high mountains of Crete, Rhodes, south Greece and Turkey. Contrary to our central European Common Barberry (Berberis vulgaris), which has vividly red berries, it has dark blue, almost black berries.Ref.:(1) I. Schnfelder, P. Schnfelder, Kosmos Atlas Mittelmeer- und Kanarenflora, Kosmos, (2002), p 48.(2) V. Papiomytoglou, Wildblumen aus Friechenland, Mediterrane Editions (2006), p 24.
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Bethlehem, New York, United States