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The long, skinny ecosystem that stretches through Kansas, Oklahoma and into Central Texas was known as "the Cross Timber" before American writer Washington Irving toured Indian Territory (Oklahoma) with U.S. Indian Commissioner Henry Ellsworth and a party of mounted rangers. But Irving made the Cross Timbers famous.
“I shall not easily forget the mortal toil, and the vexations of flesh and spirit, that we underwent occasionally, in our wanderings through the Cross Timber. It was like struggling through forests of cast iron,” Irving wrote.
Post and blackjack oaks dominate the Cross Timbers, growing so closely together that their canopies often overlap. These rugged, drought-stressed oaks are interspersed with hickory, elm and hackberry trees, while tangles of vines, briars and shrubs clutter the understory. The CT separates the big forests of the East and the Southern Plains.
The 12,605 ft Mount Moran (named for the renowned 19th century artist, Thomas Moran, whose paintings of the wonders of the Yellowstone-Teton area strongly influenced Congress's agreement to establish Yellowstone as "the world's first national park") is recognized by its pleasing "flat top" profile, unlike the pointed peaks around it. To the left - south - is Mount Woodring. Great views are to be had from a number of locations in the northern part of Grand National Park.
The mountains, forests and wetlands of Eastern Hokkaido are located at the boundary of a cool-temperate zone and a subarctic zone, and they contain a mixture of northern and temperate plant species. The wetlands and the temperate broadleaf and mixed forests of the area provide a diversity of habitats and a variety of wildlife including some endangered species such as the red crowned crane, the Blakiston's fish owl, and the Stellar's sea eagle and a small population of Hokkaido brown bears.
The Vaia Storm was an extreme meteorological event that affected the Italian northeast (in particular the mountain area of the Dolomites and the Venetian Prealps) from 26 to 30 October 2018. The event is mistakenly known as "storm", but the Scirocco wind has reached "hurricane" speeds, which generally happens only on tropical or subtropical areas of the planet.
The very strong hot sirocco wind, blowing between 100 and 200 km/h for several hours, caused the fall of millions of trees, with the consequent destruction of tens of thousands of hectares of alpine coniferous forests, a real natural disaster.
Scirocco is a warm wind coming from the southeast. This direction is symbolically indicated in the so-called wind rose. More exactly 'srocco' comes from the Arabic word sharqiyya (شرقية) which means 'eastern', since this wind blows from Syria.
The Scirocco wind has become one of the climatic symbols of Sicily and southern regions of Italy and it’s quite uncommon to have it blowing in northern regions of the Country.
The Vaia Storm, in addition to causing considerable direct damage, created the conditions for the spread of Ips thypographus, better known as bostrico typographer, a small beetle naturally present in the spruce woods of the Alps.
The presence of large quantities of damaged plants dispersed in the woods has allowed the populations of bostrico to move from an endemic presence to an epidemic presence.
The small beetle attacks mainly spruce, in which it develops under the bark by digging intricate tunnels, which interrupt the flow of the sap; in this way it inevitably leads to the death of the plants in a short time.
The Bald Cypress tree has beautiful colors in the fall and interesting seed pod design.
I would recommend planting one of these wonderful trees in your yard not only for its beauty but also for the benefits to wildlife and our ecosystem.
Most of Southeast Alaska is considered a rain forest anything that can support an ecosystem becomes one.
Canon T90, 50mm 1.2L, AgfaCT100 pro-lab developed, scanned with Nikon LS5000 + vuescan (linux) + darktable (linux). Straight from the scanner, no post processing except for the frame...
[a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment]
When I get down and crawl around the forest floor, it's a whole new world. :-)
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This was a great morning to venture into the Olympic National Forest. The trilliums were out along the trail, welcoming the recent rain that had fallen.
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW) Wildlife and Environmental Area.
myfwc.com/recreation/cooperative/crew/
ABC's and 123's F is for Flowers
Aambyvalley Rd.,OFF Lonavala,Mah.,India
hive just a couple of feet above ground on a branch in a dense thicket hidden by rocks away from prying predators.
An image of a modern city, downtown Toronto. Lots of concrete and glass, asphalt and noise. I'll take the 'burbs any day :-)
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Africa has five main kinds of ecosystems: coastal environments, deserts and semideserts, mountain environments, savanna grasslands, and forests. Each ecosystem has its typical environment and climate.
geschiedenis in notedop, van mergelgrotten, naar dagbouw naar een hoogwaardig natuur en recreatiegebied
the caves, industrial exploitation of marlstone and nature conservation near maastricht (the netherlands)
… nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENCI-groeve
A strange phenomenon has occurred, " Flora and Fauna " in a snowy desert in the middle of nowhere!. Well, that's what we're here to study...
I love using the 2x4 rock slope pieces!!. they are so useful for creating ice and it turned out so well for these ice formations
Build made with Bricklink Studio 2.0 with existing parts and image enhanced and edited in Photoshop.
Aambyvalley Rd.,Lonavala,Mah.,India
www.inaturalist.org/observations/6977894
family:Cerambycidae
subfamily:Priorinae
tribe:Prionini
Known to be attracted by light
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Dyrhólaós is 4.8 km estuary near Vik í Mýrdal. The extensive mudflats, which are unique in south Iceland are an important ecosystem and breeding ground for many migratory birds. Loftsalahellir Cave is a rather large and unusual cave made of tuff rock on the southwest side of Geitafjall Mountain which sports a variety of basalt formations and lush vegetation on its slopes. The cave served as an assembly place for the farmers in Mýrdal and nearby is Gálgaklettur or ‘gallows rock’. The name suggests that the execution of criminals was performed there early in the last century, although no records to confirm this have ever been found.