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Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
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Boulder City, Nevada, United States
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Tasmania, Australia
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Kokio, hau hele ula or Cooke's kokiaMalvaceaeAn endemic Hawaiian genus (Molokai only; now extinct in the wild)IUCN: Extinct in the WildOahu (Cultivated)Trunk. Above the graft scar is Kokia cookei; below the scar, it has been grafted on to Kokia drynarioides.Hawaiian name is from hau, an introduced hibiscus (Hibiscus tiliaceus), perhaps by early Hawaiians. Hau hele ula literally means "red traveling hau."Kokia is an endemic Hawaiian genus of four species, with one species (K. lanceolata on Oahu) probably extinct and the existing three critically endangered.This species is so rare that uses by early Hawaiians are not known. However, the two very rare remaining species, Kokia drynarioides (Hawaii Island) and K. kauaiensis (Kauai), were also formerly used by the early Hawaiians and so this species may have had similar uses as well. The flowers were used to make spectacular lei. The flower petals made pink and lavender dyes. Sap from the bark produced a dark red waterproof dye for fishnets. The dual-purpose resinous dye would extend the life of the fishing nets and the red color underwater is nearly invisible to fish, thus the fishermen could catch more. Medicinally, the bark was also used to cure thrush.Kokia drynarioides and K. kauaiensis have helped to save Kokia cookei from total extinction. Kokia cookei survives by grafted scions (a shoot with a bud) on rootstock from either of its two close relatives. Efforts are being made by micropropagation and from few viable seeds to help save this species, one of the planet's rarest plants.EtymologyThe generic name Kokia is derived from kokio, the Hawaiian vernacular name for these species.Botanists Otto & Isa Degener notes this regarding the name: "Lewton believes the vernacular name comes from ko-ki, " 'The extremety; the end of the tree; a very high place. The native name of the these trees, kokio, possibly relates to the habitat.' "The sepcific epithet, cookei, was named by Otto Degener for Mr. and Mrs. George P. Cooke, long time residents of Molokai, who have materially aided in its preservation.
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Orinda, California, United States
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Glenbrook, Nevada, United States
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Pernambuco, Brazil
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Trifolium noricum WulfenEN: ?, DE: Norische Klee, IT.: Trifoglio noricoSlo.: norika deteljaDat.: June 30. 2009Lat.: 46.41731 Long.: 13.43624Code: Bot_359/2009_DSC0704andDat.: June 30. 2009Lat.: 46.42251 Long.: 13.43832Code: Bot_359/2009_DSC0834Habitat: South-west inclined mountain slope, stony alpine grassland, full sun, dry and relatively warm place, calcareous ground, exposed to direct precipitations, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 2-4 deg C, elevation 1.830 m (6.000 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil.Place: 'Pecol' flats, south-west of 'Hude police' in the Mt. Monta (Mt. Montassio), 2.753 m (9.033 feet) mountain group, West Julian Alps, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy EC.Comment: Trifolium Noricum is a typical South Alpine plant growing in a relatively small region of the Alps in northeast Italy and northwest Slovenia. In east-west direction it spreads from Dolomites to Julian Alps. It doesn't protrude much to the north. Already in our northern neighbor Austria it is considered a rare plant (Ref.: (1)). Contrary, it can be abundantly found more south in Apennines and Balkan Peninsula. This plant, which thrives in Slovenia only at high elevations from 1.600 to 2.000 m (Ref.: (4)), is beautiful in its appearance since its flower heads can measure up to 4 cm in diameter. It can be recognized by milky-white, stalk-less flowers and calyx with ten nerves and five more or less equally long teeth (see Fig. 10). Uppermost small and narrow leaves just below the flower heads are few and are allover softly hairy.Ref.:(1) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora sterreich Liechtenstein, Suedtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 567.(2) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 304. (3) L. Poldini, Nuovo Atlante corologico delle piante vascolarinel Friuli Venezia Giulia,University of Trieste (2002), p498.(4) T. Wraber, 2 x Sto alpskih rastlin na Slovenskem (in Slovene),(2 x Hundred Alpine Plants of Slovenia), Preernova Druba (2007), p 93.(5) O. Angerer, T. Muer, Alpenpflanzen, Ulmer (2004), p 213.
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Big Delta, Alaska, United States
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Torralba de los Frailes: Aragn (Espaa)Sistema Ibrico.Sinnimos: Silene alba. Silene pratensis.Distribucin: Planta que ocupa buena parte de Europa. En la Pennsula Ibrica se distribuye tambin por cas todo el territorio, estando presente en Aragn por todo el Sistema Ibrico, aunque enrarecindose por las cuencas del Alfambra y Turia, y Pirineos, exceptuando las zonas ms altas. En la Depresin del Ebro es ms escasa, apareciendo dispersa por el territorio, aunque con ms frecuencia en su mitad oriental.Biologa y fenologa Hbitat: Forma parte de herbazales instalados en cunetas, bordes de caminos, mrgenes de cultivos, etc., en ambientes de encinar, quejigar o pinar, principalmente. Tambin en majadas, collados, cuevas, pie de cantiles, orlas de bosque, etc., sobre suelos tanto calizos como silceos.Preferencia edfica: Indiferente Rango altitudinal: 100- 1600 ( 2000 ) mFenologa: Floracin. ( Marzo ) Abril - Julio ( Septiembre )Forma Biolgica: Hemicriptfito escaposoExtractado del Atlas de la Flora de Aragn (Herbario de Jaca)
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Schiermonnikoog, Frise, Netherlands
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Paluma, Queensland, Australia
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2011-07-19 Vienna XXII. district - Danube National Park (Lobau, 150 msm Quadrant 7865/3).German name: Glanz-LaichkrautCommon, and enduring low water oxygen and high nutrient level as well as pollution (to a degree); its mass appearance is a sign that water quality is declining.On this place here water is relatively clear - but there's a thick layer of sludge where organic waste is rotting, which consumes water oxygen and may result in smelly bubbles (of fermentation gas) rising from the sludge when you're walking through it.
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2010-11-09 Burgenland, district Mattersburg - view towards Kogelberg region and (background) Schneeberg mountain range (Rohrbacher Wald, 385 m AMSL).Easily distinguished from distance are spruce, pine and larch; the broadleaf trees you see here already have shed their leaves, most should be Fagus sylvatica and Quercus species - but other species certainly also are mixed in.