New Zealand plants & animals Since New Zealand drifted away from the super-continent, a unique flora and fauna has evolved, leaving a land full of interesting plants and creatures.Rare native wildlife, Fiordland By Destination Fiordland Animals Before humans settled in New Zealand, it would have ...
The international search for potential new aquarium plants and the geographical isolation of New Zealand has generated overseas interest in our indigenous aquatic plant species. At the same time, a national desire to minimise use of potentially invasive exoticJ Clayton...
Also, the native botanic garden at Ōtari-Wilton’s Bush (opens in new window)is a fantastic winter destination, showcasing New Zealand’s evergreen native plants. This unique sanctuary boasts the country’s foremost collection of native flora, including many rare and endangered species. It ...
New Species of Plants and Animals Discovered Egyptian Cotton Leafworm (A Moth Species) Species | Enviro & Biodiversity | Mains Paper 3: Conservation, Environmental Pollution & Degradation, Eia Note4Students From UPSC perspective, the following things are important : Prelims level: Egyptian Cotton...
Sir Joseph Hooker, who is the first authority on the New Zealand flora, has united all the forms of Rubus found in these islands into one polymorphic species, and even the most inveterate species-makers have never yet successfully disputed his dictum. It must, however, be acknowledged that ...
Scientists have discovered 11 new species of plants and animals in Vietnam, including a snake, two butterflies and five orchid varieties, the World Wildife Fund said Wednesday. The new species were found in a remote region known as the “Green Corridor” in Thua Thien Hue province in central...
Hypericum plants are mostly herbs or shrubs, and less frequently trees, and the flowers are often yellow or golden and occasionally white. Some species of this genus are cultivated around the world due to their ornamental value, while a number of species of the genus have significant medicinal ...
Yang Jiaxin, the first author of the paper and a doctoral candidate at WBG, noted that most plants in the genus Asparagus hold considerable economic importance, as they are commonly used as ornamental plants and ingredients in traditional Chinese medicine. Whether the new species has related econom...
Fieldwork by one of us (RHP) during May 1983, yielded two new species of Marasmius described below. Both taxa are peculiar because of their extremely small basidiome size, absence of pigments, and habit on monocotyledonous plants. Throughout New Zealand, plants of taxa of Poaceae, Liliaceae...
A rich variety of trees, treeferns, ground ferns, mosses and other plants make up “the bush”, as New Zealanders call their forests. Besides, New Zealand has 250 species o 5、f birds including the kiwi, a New Zealand bird with a long beak and hair-like feathers, which cannot fly. ...