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Pődrakanep


Pődrakanep
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Copyright: Tairi Tappo (uduputuk) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 28 W: 29 N: 51] (268)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-07
Categories: Flowers
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/200 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-09-15 7:48
Viewed: 176
Points: 2
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Epilobium
Species: E. angustifolium (Ahtalehine pődrakanep in Estonian)


This herb is often abundant in wet calcareous to slightly acidic soils in open fields, pastures, and particularly burned-over lands; the name Fireweed derives from the species' abundance as a coloniser on burnt sites after forest fires. Its tendency to quickly colonize open areas with little competition, such as sites of forest fires and forest clearings, makes it a clear example of a pioneer species. Plants grow and flower as long as there is open space and plenty of light, as trees and brush grow larger the plants die out, but the seeds remain viable in the soil seed bank for many years, when a new fire or other disturbance occurs that opens up the ground to light again the seeds germinate. Some areas with heavy seed counts in the soil, after burning, can be covered with pure dense stands of this species and when in flower the landscape is turned into fields of color.


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Bonjour Tairi,
Intéressante publication valorisant relativement bien le sujet mais le cadrage est d'une part trop large pour pour l'appréciation de la finesse des détails et d'autre part domage qu'il ampute la partie supérieure de l'inflorescence.
A bientôt sur TN pour de nouvelles aventures.
Gérard

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