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A wonderful walk in a coastal rainforest today.
Coastal rainforests are among the rarest and most productive ecosystems on the planet providing critical habitat for an amazing variety of flora and fauna.
Close to 25% of the world’s temperate rainforest is in BC with most of it being coastal. BC's coastal rainforest is different from other temperate rainforests because it has more coniferous trees than deciduous trees. Compared to tropical rainforests, temperate rainforests decompose slowly, resulting in a rich vegetation base with a variety of mushrooms, mosses and plants.
Parque Nacional Bernardo O'Higgins, Patagonia, Chile.
While everybody else on the tour was craning over each-other to get a sight of a mist-covered Serrano glacier, my gaze was drawn down to the multitude of beautiful plants and lichens lining the path along the forest edge.
In the rain, all I could use was my very basic (but waterproof) Fuji XP-90 point-and-shoot.
Any speces identification would be much appreciated.
Temperate rainforest undergrowth in a gorge on the slopes of the Osorno Volcano. Las Cascadas, Region de los Lagos, Chile
The common blue (Polyommatus icarus) is a small butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
The butterfly can be found in Europe, North Africa, the Canary Islands, and temperate Asia to Northern China.
The common blue is the most widespread of the blue butterflies.
It is found in a variety of habitats including heathland, woodland rides, grassy meadows, parks and even large gardens.
The common blue has a wingspan of 25 - 36 millimetres.
Males are slightly larger than females.
There a great difference between the male and female in this species. The upper side of the wings of the males is an iridescent lilac blue with a thin black-brown border and a white fringe.
The upper side of the females' wings are brown with a row of orange-red spots along the edges of the wings and usually some blue at the base. The extent of blue and brown is extremely variable depending on location.
The underside has a grayish base color in the males and a more brownish hue in the females. Both sexes have a row of red spots along the edge of the hindwing and extending onto the forewing, though they are generally fainter there, particularly in the males, where they are sometimes missing altogether.
Het icarusblauwtje (Polyommatus icarus) is een kleine vlinder uit de familie Lycaenidae. De vlinder is te vinden in heel Europa, Noord-Afrika, de Canarische eilanden, en gematigd Azië tot in Japan.
Ook in Nederland en België is dit vlindertje zeer algemeen en het meest voorkomende blauwtje.
Het icarusblauwtje heeft een spanwijdte van 25 à 36 mm.
De mannetjes zijn vaak iets groter dan de vrouwtjes.
De geslachten verschillen in uiterlijk ook sterk van elkaar.
De vleugels van de mannetjes zijn aan de bovenzijde egaal blauw.
De vrouwtjes zijn van boven bruingekleurd met een rij oranjerode vlekjes. De vrouwtjes hebben aan de bovenzijde vaak ook wat blauw aan de basis. De hoeveelheid van het bruin en blauw is variabel en afhankelijk van de locatie.
Door de bruine bovenkant worden de vrouwtjes soms aangezien voor een bruin blauwtje (Aricia agestis).
De onderkant heeft een grijsachtige basiskleur bij de mannetjes en een meer bruinachtige tint bij de vrouwtjes.
Beide geslachten hebben een rij rode vlekken langs de rand van de achtervleugel. Op de voorvleugel zijn deze vlekken zwakker, vooral bij de mannetjes, waar ze soms helemaal ontbreken.
Het icarusblauwtje vliegt van begin mei tot begin oktober in twee, soms drie overlappende generaties.
Het vlindertje komt voor in allerlei kruidenrijke vegetaties, als graslanden, braakliggende terreinen, parken, wegbermen en dijken.
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A temperate rainforest area thick with Western Sword Fern (Polystichum munitum) plants. The ferns in the foreground reflected the light coming through the forest canopy differently, and were significantly brighter than the surrounding foliage. Photographed in Langley, British Columbia, Canada.
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Sheffield Winter Garden is a large temperate glasshouse located in the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, England. It is one of the largest temperate glasshouses to be built in the UK during the last hundred years, and the largest urban glasshouse anywhere in Europe. It is home to more than 2,000 plants from all around the world. It was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 22 May 2003.
Part of the £120 million Heart of the City regeneration project that has created the Peace Gardens and the £15 million Millennium Galleries, the Winter Garden was designed by Pringle Richards Sharratt Architects and Buro Happold and is some 70 metres (77 yd) long and 21 metres (23 yd) high.
The building has background frost protection to a minimum of 4 degrees Celsius and it is one of the largest Glued Laminated Timber or "Glulam" buildings in the UK (Glulam is made by forming and gluing strips of timber into specific shapes). The wood used is Larch, a durable timber which will, over time, turn a light silvery grey colour. The larch, derived from sustainable forests, requires no preservatives or coatings. This reduces the use of solvents and also avoids the use of chemicals that could harm the plants.
The building has an intelligent Building Management System which controls fans and vents to make sure the plants are cooled in summer and kept warm in winter. The system will "learn" year by year.
The bedding plants are changed five times a year, to give a seasonal change, and all the plants are watered by hose or by watering can, as it is the only way to ensure that all the plants get the correct amount of water.
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OLEANDER Nerium is a shrub or small tree cultivated worldwide in temperate and subtropical areas as an ornamental and landscaping plant.
Nerium contains several toxic compounds, and it has historically been considered a poisonous plant. However, its bitterness renders it unpalatable to humans and most animals, so poisoning cases are rare and the general risk for human mortality is low.
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Gigantic trees, Sitka spruce and hemlock, some of the biggest and oldest living things on the planet. Magnificent wonders of of the natural world,
To give you an idea of scale, there is a man to the right of the large Sitka spruce.
Parque Nacional Bernardo O'Higgins, Patagonia, Chile.
While everybody else on the tour was craning over each-other to get a sight of a mist-covered Serrano glacier, my gaze was drawn down to the multitude of beautiful plants and lichens lining the path along the forest edge.
In the rain, all I could use was my very basic (but waterproof) Fuji XP-90 point-and-shoot.
Any thoughts on speces identification would be much appreciated.
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I spent most of the year trying to get a half decent shot of this beautiful medium-size butterfly, but with little success, until this one popped along in late September, when I leasted expected it.
Common and widespread throughout Europe and temperate Asia, as afar as China and Japan, they are in fact, on the wing from early spring until late Autumn, and produce up to 2-3 broods. Nectaring on a wide range of flowers, of which the dahlia above is an example, they are a familiar sight in gardens, and depend on the common nettle to propogate their species.
They hibernate throughout winter, and are able to withstand temperatures up to -21 C, drawing upon their fat reserves to sustain them. They do not fare very well with droughts however, and in recent decades, for reasons for which we are not entirely clear, their numbers in Western Europe have dropped considerably.
Valdivian temperate rainforest on the lower slopes of the Osorno Volcano, The large leaves at the bottom of the shot are nalcas, or Chilean Rhubarb. Their leaves are about two metres in diameter.
Las Cascadas, Region de los Lagos, Chile
The Temperate House at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Taken with an all-manual Walimex 8mm fisheye.
This bird breeds on the coasts and inland waterways of temperate and tropical Europe and Asia. It is strongly migratory, wintering in the subtropical and tropical oceans as far south as South Africa and Australia.
At the beginning of the 19th century the little tern was a common bird of European shores, rivers and wetlands, but in the 20th century populations of coastal areas decreased because of habitat loss, pollution and human disturbance.
The loss of inland populations has been even more severe, since due to dams, river regulation and sediment extraction it has lost most of its former habitats. The Little Tern population has declined or become extinct in many European countries, and former breeding places on large rivers like the Danube, Elbe and Rhine ceased. Nowadays, only few river systems in Europe possess suitable habitats; the Loire/Allier in France, the Vistula/Odra in Poland, the Po/Ticino in Italy, the Daugava in Latvia, the Nemunas in Lithuania, the Sava in Croatia and the Drava in Hungary and Croatia. The status of the little tern on the rivers Tagus and lower Danube is uncertain.
The Drava population is one of the most threatened. Old fashioned water management practices, including river regulation and sediment extraction, endanger the remaining pairs. Only 15 pairs still breed on extensive sand or gravel banks along the border between Hungary and Croatia. The WWF and its partners are involved in working for the protection of this bird and this unique European river ecosystem. The little tern is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
Glass artwork by Dale Chihuly displayed in the Temperate House at Kew Gardens. Taken on a Canon EOS 80D using a 100mm macro lens.
West Coast Temperate Rain Forest
Nature - This cliff face is a mass of native fern, moss and lichen.
Landscape and nature.
The recently reopened Temperate House, built in 1860-63, it has undergone extensive refurbishment (2013-18 costing £41 million).
Grade I-listed and designed by one Decimus Burton, it is the largest Victorian palm house in the world.
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Last minute works on the Temperate House at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The largest surviving Victorian glass structure in the world, it's been closed for major refurbishment since 2013 and reopens on 5 May 2018.
While not quite as iconic as the smaller but more elegant Palm House (both were designed by the same architect, Decimus Burton) it's a beautiful and impressive building in its own right.
Parque Nacional Bernardo O'Higgins, Patagonia, Chile.
While everybody else on the tour was craning over each-other to get a sight of a mist-covered Serrano glacier, my gaze was drawn down to the multitude of beautiful plants and lichens lining the path along the forest edge.
In the rain, all I could use was my very basic (but waterproof) Fuji XP-90 point-and-shoot.
Any speces identification would be much appreciated.
The Temperate Palm House in Edinburgh was
completed in 1858. It is the tallest traditional Palm House in Britain, with a height of 21.95 metres. Designed by Robert Matheson and largely built of sandstone and a roof of curvilinear iron rafters. The principal gardener at the time was a man called James McNab, who believed that solid masonry prevented rapid cooling and provided shade for the successful cultivation of plants; he also argued that too much sunlight was not good for growing palms, hence the front of the glasshouse was made to face west.
Trichodesma scottii in the Temperate House in Kew
a great looking plant from Yemen, it is in the Boraginaceae family.
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The biomass of the temperate rainforests of western North America reach the highest levels of any ecosystem on earth. Here the hanging tree lichens make tree identification difficult, but looking at the branches and needles at hi-res while processing, I saw mostly Western Hemlock and perhaps some Grand Fir. Truthfully, I didn't know how to make visual sense of this dense tangle. At the very least, however, this view gives a sense of what it's like to stand beneath the canopy, with tall trees rising on all sides, creating a wall of green that is almost impenetrable.
Photographed near Telegraph Cove, British Columbia (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2018 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
The Quinault Rain Forest is a temperate rain forest, which is part of the Olympic National Park and the Olympic National Forest in the U.S. state of Washington in Grays Harbor County and Jefferson County. The rain forest is located in the valley formed by the Quinault River and Lake Quinault. The valley is called the "Valley of the Rain Forest Giants" because of the number of record size tree species located there. The largest specimens of Western Red Cedar, Sitka Spruce, Western Hemlock, Alaskan Cedar and Mountain Hemlock are found in the forest as well as five of the ten largest Douglas-firs. The forest receives an average of 12 feet of rain per year. It is believed to be the area with the greatest number of record size giant tree species in the smallest area in the world. It does have the largest trees in the world outside of the state of California and New Zealand.[