Monday, May 14, 2012

Flora of Italy

*Vascular Plant*
(known as tracheophytes or higher plants) they have this lignified tissues for conducting water, minerals, and photosynthetic things. 


*Sicilian Fir*


Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Pinophyta
Class:Pinopsida
Order:Pinales
Family:Pinaceae
Genus:Abies
(Abies nebrodensis) is a fir native to the Nebrodi and Madonie mountains in northern Sicily. It is a medium-size evergreen coniferous tree growing to 15–25 m tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 1 m. It occurs at altitudes of 1400-1,600 m. Because people cut forests down it has become extremely rare with only 21 mature trees surviving; replanting programmes are meeting with limited success due to heavy grazing pressure by livestock belonging to local farmers.

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  1. Hi Carlos, this page cannot really be read. I can help you fix this.
    -Dr. Meade

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