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The fifth in a series of commemorative quarters issued by the Canadian Mint to celebrate the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.
This coin was issued in October 2007 and depicts the sport of alpine skiiing.
LA: Aster alpinus
EN: Alpine aster
DE: Alpen-Aster
HU: Havasi öszirózsa
A European endemic plant, living in the mountainous areas of the continent. In Canada and the US there is an endemic subspecies f the same plant.
Generally prefers cooler climate. Very hardy, can survive harsh winter, and can even survive smaller fires.
Prefers dry, warm, chalky grounds, up to 3.100 m altitude.
Alpine Travel former Crosville Leyland Olympian DOG129 HBA278Y 30/06/12.This has also carried PFM129Y.
LA: Soldanella alpina
EN: Alpine snowbell
DE: Alpenglöckchen / Alpen-Soldanelle
HU: Havasi harangrojt
A native plant to the Alps and Pyrenees.
Loves northern slopes, valley where the snow hangs on, and where there the soil is moist.
Blooms from April to May depending on altitude and local climate.
Day 3, our first alpine views, stunning colours caused by minerals in the mountains, old mines, and our first experience with viscious mountain horse flies.
Alpine Chough adult, Untersberg Mountain, Berchtesgaden Alps, SW of Salzburg, border of Austria and Germany, 14 Jul 2014.
The #36 Signatech Alpine Matmut Alpine A470 speeding along the start/finish straight at the Spa Francorchamps Circuit in the rain