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Jasminum sambac, the national flower of Indonesia and the Philippines. There are three types of floral emblems used to symbolize Indonesia: The puspa bangsa ("national flower") of Indonesia is melati ( Jasminum sambac ). The puspa pesona ("flower of charm") is anggrek bulan or moon orchid ( Phalaenopsis amabilis ).
Springbank Park. / 42.9569°N 81.321368°W / 42.9569; -81.321368. Springbank Park is a 240-hectare (300 acre) park located along a stretch of the Thames River in London, Ontario, Canada. The largest park in London, it contains 30 km (19 mi) of trails and is home to Storybook Gardens, a family attraction open year-round.
Canada: Ontario, Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Northwest Territories, Alberta: William and Catherine, after their wedding, undertook their first official overseas tour together to Canada on the 225th anniversary of the first royal visit by William IV. The couple laid a wreath at the Canadian Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Canadian wildlife. The flora of Canada is quite diverse, due to the wide range of ecoregions and environmental conditions present in Canada. From the warm, temperate broadleaf forests of southern Ontario to the frigid Arctic plains of Northern Canada, from the wet temperate rainforests of the west coast to the arid deserts, badlands and tundra ...
WGSRPD code: ONT ( level 3) This category includes the native flora of Ontario, in Eastern Canada. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. For the purposes of this category, "Ontario" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions.
Maianthemum canadense ( Canadian may-lily, Canada mayflower, false lily-of-the-valley, Canadian lily-of-the-valley, wild lily-of-the-valley, [3] two-leaved Solomon's seal) [4] is an understory perennial flowering plant, native to Canada and the northeastern United States, from Yukon and British Columbia east to Newfoundland, into St. Pierre and ...
In 2002 Plantlife conducted a "County Flowers" public survey to assign flowers to each of the counties of the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man. The results of this campaign designated a single plant species to a "county or metropolitan area" in the UK and Isle of Man. Some English counties already had flowers traditionally associated with them before 2002, and which were different from those ...
The second largest country in the world, Canada's wide geographical variety is a significant tourist attractor. Much of the country's tourism is centred in the following regions: Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City, Vancouver / Whistler, Niagara Falls, Vancouver Island, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia's Okanagan Valley, Churchill, Manitoba and ...