Indonesia, Brazil, and Colombia have the highest number of endemic tree species in the world. Trees can talk and communicate amongst themselves Trees can communicate with each other by sending natural chemicals to warn them of threats such as insects and parasites. ...
Some ecosystem services showed comparable levels across forest types (e.g. decomposition or richness of saprotrophs), while others varied strongly, depending on forest structural attributes (e.g. phosphorous availability or cover of edible plants) or tree species composition (e.g. potential ...
Massive, hilly Madagascar—the fourth-largest island in the world—is home to plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth.
It included much of North, South and Central America (tropical and temperate), central-south-western Africa, Russia, as well as east and southeast Asian countries such as China, India, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam (Fig. 1a). Countries in this archetype had the highest net primary ...
The national flower of Indonesia - Mao Moli Singapore national flower - Vanda The national flower of Philippines - Mao Moli India flower - lotus, the bodhi tree Rhododendron flower - Nepal Bhutan national flower - Meconopsis The lotus flower - Bangladesh The lotus flower - Sri Lanka A rich sau...
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Ruapehu, North Island, New Zealand 9,176 2,797 1861 Permanently snow-covered above the tree line, this volcano is in a popular ski area. Papandayan, Java, Indonesia 8,743 2,665 1772 The collapsed summit of this volcano contains a famous area of sulfurous vents known as Kawah Mas ("Gol...
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Agave tree, the plant from which tequila is made only grows in Mexico, and it must grow for over a decade before it’s harvested. Despite the patience required to harvest it, the drink is very versatile in its consumption. You can blend it in a variety of cocktails to bring out that ...