plants of our suburban forestseih sou - 1st gymnasium charilaou

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pinus pinea

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cedar

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CUPRESSUS SEMPERIVENS

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Tilia tomentosa

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Cercis siliquastrum

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poplar

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Catalpa

Quercus coccifera

plants of our suburban forest seih sou

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Chelidonium majus

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Cupressus Arizonica

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olive

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Climate Action

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PINUS BRUTIA

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Paliurus spina

elm

QUERCUS ILEX

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erika

Eastern plane tree

nerium oleander

oak

FRAXINUS ORNUS

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by Ioanna B.

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One of the most impressive trees in the Greek countryside when it is in bloom, but it remains unknown to the ignorant in botanical science public. The reason for Fraxinus or Melia Fraxos is a large, deciduous tree that can reach up to thirty meters in height. It has pteroid, green leaves, toothed, lanceolate, green leaflets. The flowers of the plant appear in late spring, in wonderful white and cream shades, separately in male and female plants. It emits a pleasant aroma, gives honey and abundant yellow pollen, attracting beneficial insects, such as bees and butterflies. Flowering takes place from April to May and harvesting from March to August.

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The cork oak (scientific name Quercus suber) is a medium-sized, evergreen oak. It is found in nature in southwestern Europe, especially in the Iberian Peninsula, and northwestern Africa. It reaches a height of 20 meters, but in nature it is less developed. It can live 150 to 300 years. It is a kind of photophilous and dry thermal, adapted to the Mediterranean climate.

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by Theodora C.

Nerium Oleander most commonly known as Oleander or Nerium, is a shrub or small tree cultivated worldwide in temperate and subtropical areas as an ornamental and landscaping plant. It is so widely cultivated that no precise region of origin has been identified. Usually it is associated with the Mediterranean Basin. Nerium grows to 2–6 m tall. It is most commonly grown But it can be trained into a small tree with a single trunk. in its natural shrub form. The plant is tolerant of poor soils, intense heat and sustained drought.Also to inundation, but not to prolonged frost.

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by Rafail C.

Eastern platanus is a very big tree and usually it gets found near rivers with other trees around.It's leaves are palmoid and have fluff on them which gets hard easily It is usually grown in areas with a temperate climate and its seeds have spherical phase and they are sepeated on 2 or 6 seeds The native trees of the eastern plane tree are found in the Eurasian area and specifically from the Balkans to Iran Since ancient times, the eastern plane tree is of particular importance for Persian gardens, in which the basic elements are water and shade.

Eastern plane tree

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by Elina A.

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Sousoura or Erika is a native plant and grows into a small shrub. It is a plant capable of covering entire slopes and large areas. When do we find it alone and when together with arbutus, spring heather, ladanies (Pelion - Kissavos - Rodopi - East Aegean Islands – Peloponnese , etc.) The flowers are small and pink with shades of purple with red anthers. As soon as they bloom they take on a characteristic brown-orange color. When the weather is favorable, warm or cool with wet weak winds, the hummingbird has high yields of pollen and nectar. Then the bees build candles intensively, store pollen and honey, grow the areas in broods and generally easily raise populations, overwinter strongly and grow easily in spring.The flowering season of Sousoura escalates from August in the lowlands to December in some semi-mountainous areas. The plant is highly dependent on autumn rains, if it rains it produces a large amount of pollen and nectar.

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by Domenikos G.

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Pine trees are evergreen resinous trees that usually grow from 3 to 80 meters long. The longest one is located near the Yosemite National Park, California, United States and is standing on 83.4 m Seven out of the eleven European pine species grow naturally in Greece: Pinus halepensis, Pinus brutia, Pinus nigra, Pinus pinea, Pinus silvestris, Pinus heldricheii and Pinus peuce. Pine leaves are rich in essential oils with strong antiseptic and antioxidant substances and are said to help dermatic problems due to their antiseptic action.

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by Archontis K.

The koukounaria (Pinus pinea - Pinus pine ) is a native pine of Southern Europe in the Mediterranean region. The tree has been cultivated for its edible seeds since prehistoric times. Pinus pine can exceed 25 meters in height, although it is usually less tall, around 12-20 meters. it has a characteristic umbrella shape with a short trunk and a round flat top.Its bark is thick, brownish-red and deeply engraved by wide vertical plates. Furthermore it has flexible needle-like leaves and they are 10-18 cm long. The young trees have different leaves, 2-4 cm long and they have got a light green colour.Its cones are ovoid, 8-15 cm long and it takes 36 months to mature, more than any other pine.

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by Alexandros M.

Quercus ilex, the evergreen oak, holly oak or holm oak, is a large evergreen oak native to the Mediterranean region. It takes its name from holm, an ancient name for holly. An tree of large size, attaining in favourable places a height of 21–28 m, and developing in open situations a huge head of densely leafy branches as much across, the terminal portions of the branches usually pendulous in old trees Holm oak grows in pure stands or mixed forest in the Mediterranean and often at low or moderate elevations. The leaves are very variable in shape, most frequently narrowly oval or ovate-lanceolate, 4–8 cm long, 1.2–2.5 cm wide, rounded or broadly tapered at the base

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by Melina A.

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Τhe Elm is a self-sown, hardwood tree and is classified in the Ulmus category. It is considered as a common tree in the forests of Greece . It is a tree, which grows rapidly and can reach up to 20 to 30 metres in height. It has a brown trunk with a smooth dark grey bark, which has rifles as it develops The Elm or Ulmus is a long-lived and wanted for its authentic and its flexible wood. Its leaves are at times a light green, but most of the times their color is a dark green. They are smooth, shiny, asymmetric and jagged. The Elm is cultivated quite easily. It prefers fertile soils, cool and deep, well drained and even clay. It withstands frost and many varities can grow in the contaminated atmosphere of cities.

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by Giorgos S.

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Paliurus tree is a deciduous thorny shrub of the Ramnoidae family, perennial and deciduous, it usually has a height of 3 to 6 meters and becomes a small tree height 3-15, with an ash bark, hard and heavy wood. The plant is deciduous, although there are some qualities, which are evergreen, with ovate leaves, 2-10 cm long and 1.7 cm wide, glossy green, with three visible veins at the base and a whole or blunt serrated margin. It has very small, yellow flowers, hermaphroditic in axillary inflorescences. The flowering of the plant starts from July to August. Sometimes it blooms again in autumn. The fruit is a dry woody nut, centered on a circular diameter 1-3 cm, in which are the oval, brown, seeds.

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Pinus Brutia is commonly known as Calabrian pine. In Greece is called Trahia Pefki (meaning Rough pine). It is a coniferous evergreen pine tree that can reach up to 35 meters high. The diameter of its trunk ranges from 80 to 150cm and it is known to grow straight up. Its bark is thick and reddish-brown. It has strong woody root system with the main root going very deep and various side roots. Pinus Brutia is a native species to the north-eastern Mediterranean region In Greece we can find it in several places as in Thasos island, Chalkidiki, Crete, Lesbos and others.

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by Ilektra T.

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Is an evergreen shrub with a woody trunk. Its average height is from 30 cm to 60 cm and in some cases its even 1m tall. It has small fluffy leaves, green or deep green in color and oval in shape with a length from 1 to 4 cm. Both the stems and the leaves are covered with thick hair, which makes it resistant to heat and secrets “labdanum” a sticky exudation. The flowers consist of five white or purple (and sometimes yellow) petals, and the pollen. The fruit is an oval capsule filed with red seeds that ripens at the end of June

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by Panagiotis D.

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Quercus coccifera, the kermes oak, is an oak bush in the Quercus section Cerris. It is native to the Mediterranean region. Quercus coccifera is usually a shrub less than 2 metres high, rarely a small tree, reaching 1–6 metres tall and 50 cm trunk diameter. It is evergreen, with spiny-serrated coriaceous leaves 1.5–4 cm long and 1–3 cm broad. The acorns are 2–3 cm long and 1.5–2 cm diameter when mature about 18 months after pollination. They are held in a cup covered in dense, elongated, reflexed scales. It can survive heavy sheep and goat grazing for a long time as a ground carpet a few centimeters high, and will grow higher as a bush or a tree according to how much the grazing pressure is slackened.

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The olive is a genus of fruitful trees of the Oleaceae, which is very common in Greece. For thousands of years the olive "lives" in the Mediterranean region. This precious gift of nature is a living heritage, associated with many areas of our lives. Olive oil nourishes, preserves, protects, tones, heals, inspires. So it is worth knowing it and learning its invaluable value for our diet, health, culture. The olive at a young age up to 7 years does not produce fruits, but needs the attention of growers, because at this age the spur is done. At the age of 7 to 15 years, it begins to produce fruits. At the age of 30-70 years, it is in full growth. In the "third age" the olive reaches from 150-1000 years of life!

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by Georgios A.

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Cupressus arizonica is a coniferous evergreen tree with a conic to ovoid-conic crown. It grows to heights of 10–25 m, and its trunk diameter reaches 55 cm . The foliage grows in dense sprays, varying from gray-green to bright blue-green. Cupressus arizonica is a tree adapted to dry environments that reproduces by seed. Cupressus arizonica is found mainly in the southwestern United States In the wild, the species is often found in small, scattered populations, not necessarily in large forests. Also its found in the mediterrean area.

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Chelidonium majus

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Greek name Helidonohorto The english common name celandine comes from Late Latin celidonia, from earlier Latin chelidonia or chelidonium, and ultimately from Ancient Greek χελιδόνιον, from χελιδών (chelidṓn), meaning a swallow as it flowered when the swallows arrived. Greater celandine reaches 30–120 cm high. The blue-green leaves are pinnate with lobed and wavy margins, up to 30 cm long. When injured, the plant exudes a yellow to orange latex. The flowers consist of four yellow petals, each about 18 mm long, with two sepals. The flowers appear from late spring to summer, May to September (in the UK). The seeds are small and black.

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by Dimitra D.

Catalpa

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The name derives from the Muscogee name for the tree, "kutuhlpa" meaning "winged head". The bean-like seed pod is the origin of the alternative vernacular names Indian bean tree and cigar tree for Catalpa bignonioides and Catalpa speciosa, respectively. Catalpa typically grow to 12–18 meters tall, with branches spreading to a diameter of about 6–12 meters. They are fast growers and a 10-year-old sapling may stand about 6 meters tall. They have characteristic large, heart-shaped leaves, which in some species are three-lobed.

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Common names: Poplar, Tulip Poplar, Yellow Poplaer Distribution: Eastern United States Scientific name:Liriodendron tulipifera Tree size: 40-50 m tall, 1.8-2.5 m trunk diameter Dried weight: 455 kg/m3 Color/ Appearance: Heartwood is light cream to yellowish brown, with occasional streaks of gray or green. Poplars are trees that grow in Europe, North America, and other temperate regions. The bark, leaf, and dried, unopened leaf buds are used to make medicine.

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by Ioli K.

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The stump (Cercis siliquastrum), also known as the tree of Judas, is a deciduous tree of the Mediterranean and native to the Greek flora. It belongs to the Leguminosae family to which other popular ornamental trees such as acacias belong.According to religious legend, it is the tree from which Judas was hanged after the betrayal. Its ornamental value is due to its pink flowers, which make their appearance on the trunk and branches of the tree.

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by Sofia P.

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Tilia tomentosa, known as sliver linden in the USA and sliver lime in the UK, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia, from Romania and the Balkans east to western Turkey, occurring at moderate altitudes. Tilia tomentosa is a deciduous tree growing to 20-35m tall, with a trunk up to 2m in diameter. The leaves are alternately arranged,rounded to triangular ovate, 4-13cm long and broad with 2.5-4 cm petiole,green and mostly hairless above,densely white tomentose with white hairs below, and with a coarsely toothed margin.

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Type : evergreen conifer Height : 15-35 m Bloom Description: Non-Flowering Leaf : Evergreen Folige : Aromatic when crushed Minimum temperatures: From -12 to -15 °C Native Range : Greece (Crete, Rhodes, Thessaloniki (Seih Sou forest)), Turkey to Iran It is a long-lived, large evergreen coniferous tree, inextricably linked to the Mediterranean landscape and especially to Greece, where it was known since ancient times.

CUPRESSUS SEMPERIVENS

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by Panos B.

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Cedrus, common English name cedar, is a genus of coniferous trees in the plant family Pinaceae They are native to the mountains of the western Himalayas and the Mediterranean region They occur at altitudes of 1,500–3,200 m in the Himalayas and 1,000–2,200 m in the Mediterranean. Cedrus trees can grow up to 30–40 m tall with spicy-resinous scented wood. Both the Latin word cedrus and the generic name cedrus are derived from Greek κέδρος kédros.

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