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Caltha palustris near the Făgăraș Mountains of Romania More than 1,000 plant species can be found in the Cheile Turzii reserve. The flora of Romania comprises around 3,450 species of vascular plants, which represents around 30% of the vascular flora of Europe. [1] The three major vegetation zones in Romania are the alpine, steppe, and forest ...
A list of plants native to the mountain ranges of Romania. Many Romanian mountain ranges, mountains , and peaks are part of the Southern Carpathians System, and the Carpathian montane forests ecoregion .
As of 2017, 25.8% of the Romanian workforce is employed in agriculture, compared to an EU average of 4.4%. [5] As of 2016, only 1.6% of Romanian farmers were recipients of tertiary education, compared to an 8.9% EU average. [5]
The park contains more than sixty peaks over 2,300 metres (7,500 ft) and about eighty glacier lakes, of which 54 are permanent. [11] Peleaga, the highest peak of the Retezat Mountains, 2,509 metres (8,232 ft) is located in the park. [12]
The group of monuments at Târgu Jiu was designed by the Romanian sculptor Constantin Brâncuși in 1937 to commemorate the soldiers who died in World War I. There are three sculptures in the assembly, The Table of Silence (Masa tăcerii), The Gate of the Kiss (Poarta sărutului), and the Endless Column (Coloana fără sfârșit), which is ...
Peganum harmala, commonly called wild rue, [1] Syrian rue, [1] African rue, [1] esfand or espand, [6] or harmel [1] (among other similar pronunciations and spellings), is a perennial, herbaceous plant, with a woody underground rootstock, of the family Nitrariaceae, usually growing in saline soils in temperate desert and Mediterranean regions.
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Paeonia peregrina is a species of flowering plant in the peony family Paeoniaceae, native to Southeastern Europe and Turkey. It is an erect, herbaceous perennial with 9-lobed, deeply divided leaves. Single, glossy red flowers, 10–13 cm (4–5 in) in diameter, with prominent yellow stamens , are borne in spring (May in the Northern Hemisphere ).