Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Flora of Russia — spanning regions of Europe and Asia. The political boundaries of Russia include areas in the biogeographic regions of Eastern Europe, Northeastern Europe, Central Asia, North Asia, and Northeast Asia. Note: The country of Russia is not a geographical unit employed in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant ...
Russian Far East, as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. This category contains articles related to the flora of the Russian Far East region of Asian Russia. It includes flora taxa that are native to the Russian Far East. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic.
Psylliostachys suworowii, the poker statice or Russian statice, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to Central Asia and Afghanistan, and introduced to scattered locales worldwide. [1] [2] An annual typically 50 cm (20 in) tall, it is widely cultivated as an ornamental. [1] [3]
This category contains articles related to the flora of Siberia, Russia. It includes flora taxa that are native to Siberia. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. For the purposes of this category, "Siberia" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant ...
The wildlife of Russia inhabits terrain that extends across 12 time zones and from the tundra region in the far north to the Caucasus Mountains and prairies in the south, including temperate forests which cover 70% of the country. Russia's forests comprise 22% of the forest in the world [1] as well as 33% of all temperate forest. [2]
Kali tragus, the Russian thistle Leaves of a mature plant coming into flower, each leaf with one flower and two bracts in its axil. Salsola tragus is an annual forb.In habit, the young plant is erect, but it grows into a rounded clump of branched, tangled stems, each one up to about a metre long.
Russian sage has a long history of use in traditional medicine, [25] [90] [23] and is smoked as a euphoriant. [91] In addition to its use in folk medicine, it is sometimes used in Russia to flavor a vodka-based cocktail. [92] Its flowers are eaten in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan, including Kashmir, [93] adding a sweet flavor to salads.
The Caucasus according to the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions: North Caucasus (orange) and Transcaucasus (green); remainder of Russia in white. This category contains articles related to the flora of the Caucasus in Eurasia. It includes flora taxa that are native to the Caucasus Mountains