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  2. Spanish moss - Wikipedia

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    Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) is an epiphytic flowering plant that often grows upon large trees in tropical and subtropical climates. It is native to much of Mexico , Bermuda , the Bahamas , Central America , South America (as far south as northern Patagonia ), [ 4 ] the Southern United States , and West Indies .

  3. Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub - Wikipedia

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    The Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome mostly occurs in, but not limited to, the Mediterranean climate zones, in the mid-latitudes: [1] the Mediterranean Basin; the Chilean Matorral; the California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion of the Californias and Oregon; the Fynbos of South Africa; the Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands of ...

  4. Wildlife of Spain - Wikipedia

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    Topographic map of Spain. The wildlife of Spain includes the diverse flora and fauna of Spain.The country located at the south of France has two long coastlines, one on the north on the Cantabrian Sea, another on the East and South East on the Mediterranean Sea, and a smaller one on the west and south west on the Atlantic Ocean, its territory includes a big part of the Iberian Peninsula, the ...

  5. Forests of the Iberian Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    The Iberian Peninsula is in the south west of Europe and located near North Africa, and as a result, saw the arrival from both regions of many types of plant species, including wetland thermophilic plant species (those that require a great deal of heat), xerophilic plants (those that require a dry climate), orophilic (sub-alpine) plants, boreo ...

  6. Southeastern Iberian shrubs and woodlands - Wikipedia

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    The ecoregion covers coastal low plains, hills, and badlands close to Spain's southeastern coast. The ecoregion's geology is complex, made up mostly of sedimentary rocks like marl, gypsum, limestone, conglomerate, sandstone and consolidated dunes, together with coastal outcrops of volcanic rock like Cabo de Gata. The region is geologically ...

  7. Hardiness zone - Wikipedia

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    For practical purposes, Canada has adopted the American hardiness zone classification system. The 1990 version of the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map included Canada and Mexico, but they were removed with the 2012 update to focus on the United States and Puerto Rico. [8] The Canadian government publishes both Canadian and USDA-style zone maps. [37]

  8. Spain sends more troops to flood zone where public anger rises

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    PAIPORTA, Spain (Reuters) -Spain sent more soldiers to its flood-hit east where rescuers searched for more bodies and anger spread on Monday over the official handling of a disaster that has ...

  9. Iberian conifer forests - Wikipedia

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    High-mountain wet grasslands grow on peat soils and around springs fed by snowmelt, and include many endemic species. High-mountain grasslands are dominated by grasses and rosette plants , including the endemic species Festuca clementei , Hormathophylla purpurea , Erigeron frigidus , Saxifraga nevadensis , Viola crassiuscula , and Linaria ...