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Caltha palustris near the Făgăraș Mountains of Romania More than 1,000 plant species can be found in the Cheile Turzii reserve. The flora of Romania comprises around 3,450 species of vascular plants, which represents around 30% of the vascular flora of Europe. [1] The three major vegetation zones in Romania are the alpine, steppe, and forest ...
A list of plants native to the mountain ranges of Romania. Many Romanian mountain ranges, mountains , and peaks are part of the Southern Carpathians System, and the Carpathian montane forests ecoregion .
The flora of Retezat demonstrates "exceptional biodiversity", consisting of approximately 1,190 plant species, of which 130 have the "endangered" or "vulnerable" status. More than a third of Romania's flora can be found in this area. [8] [14] Mountain pine and juniper habitats are dominant, with spruce and rhododendron also common. [8]
The Iaşi Botanical Garden is currently involved in the conservation of eighty-five separate species included in the Red Book of the vascular plants from Romania and in international conventions. [2] It is also in partnership with in-site conservation programs developed for plants species from the Carpathian Mountains and the Danube Delta. [2]
The plant communities in the Carpathians occur in elevational zones, with some variation from range to range, and from north to south. Foothill forests below 600–650 meters elevation are mostly of broadleaf deciduous trees, principally English oak (Quercus robur), small-leafed lime (Tilia cordata), and European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) in the northern portion of the range, and oaks ...
BUCHAREST (Reuters) -One person died and 46 were hospitalized after two explosions at a liquefied petroleum gas station in the Romanian town of Crevedia, near the capital Bucharest on Saturday.
An explosion at a chain home improvement store in northeastern Romania on Friday injured at least 13 people, one seriously, authorities said. A mobile intensive care unit was dispatched to the ...
The mountain is mostly made up of limestone formations, having risen up gradually from the Earth's crust. Most of the mountain (1.5 km 2) is a declared nature reserve, due to the rare animal species (bears, birds, butterflies—35% of Romanian butterfly species) and plant species (a rare Liverleaf variety, Transylvanian Windgrass) that are ...