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The natural vegetation in eastern Turkey is the Eastern Anatolian deciduous forests; in these oaks such as Brant's oak, Lebanon oak, Aleppo oak and Mount Thabor's oak predominate in open woodland with Scots pine, burnet rose, dog-rose, oriental plane, alder, sweet chestnut, maple, Caucasian honeysuckle (Lonicera caucasica) and common juniper. [11]
Lonicera periclymenum, common names honeysuckle, common honeysuckle, European honeysuckle, or woodbine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae native to much of Europe, North Africa, Turkey and the Caucasus. [2] It is found as far north as southern Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Though domestic turkeys are considered flightless, wild turkeys can and do fly for short distances. Turkeys are best adapted for walking and foraging; they do not fly as a normal means of travel. When faced with a perceived danger, wild turkeys can fly up to a quarter mile. Turkeys may also make short flights to assist roosting in a tree. [48]
In the air, wild turkeys can fly and have a top-flight speed of about 55 miles per hour, which is about as fast as a car on a highway. Selective breeding diminished the domestic turkey’s ability ...
A turkey dinner is a Thanksgiving staple alongside mashed potatoes and corn. Turkey conservationists are now looking to preserve wild turkey numbers. A history of turkey and the populations of ...
“No, you cannot go and shoot these turkeys,” a former Sacramento city spokeswoman said. Wild turkeys roam Sacramento — and they can get aggressive. What to do when you see one
And in some sense we forget to live our lives - and the wild turkeys were aways reminding me to live my life. I think as humans we have this peculiar predisposition to be always thinking ahead - living a little bit in the future - anticipating the next minute, the next hour, the next day - and we betray the moment. Wild turkeys don’t do that.
Most honeysuckle berries are attractive to wildlife, which has led to species such as L. japonica and L. maackii spreading invasively outside of their home ranges. Many species of Lonicera are eaten by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species—see a list of Lepidoptera that feed on honeysuckles.