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The three major vegetation zones in Romania are the alpine, steppe, and forest zones. [2] The latter can be subdivided (depending on soil, climate, and altitude) into regions dominated by the Norway Spruce, European Beech, and various species of Oak, [2] together with less widespread vegetation types such as the Dinaric calcareous block fir 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 .
Known as the Romanian peony in Romania ("bujorul românesc "), the Paeonia peregrina is commonly present in the traditional culture and Romanian folklore, with an impressive variety of symbols mentioned in history, music, poetry, literature, painting, design and architecture. [2] The Romanian peony worn on Veterans' Day on 11 November 2019
Moldavian Plain (Romanian: Câmpia Moldovei) is a geographic area in the north east of Romania, one of the components of the Moldavian Plateau. Despite the name, the Moldavian Plain is not flat, but rather a region dotted with hills, part of the Moldavian Plateau. The Plain is situated in the center-north part of the Moldavian Plateau.
It is a well-preserved example of a small fortified medieval town shaped by the interactions of cultures from Central Europe and the Byzantine-Orthodox Southeastern Europe. It was founded by the Transylvanian Saxons, a community of German merchants and craftsmen. They have lived in the region for over 850 years, however, due to immigration in ...
The Brassovia (Romanian: Brașovia) fortress was one of the seven fortified cities that provided the German name for Transylvania: Siebenbürgen, 'seven fortresses'. The building, located between the peak and the crest [ clarification needed ] of Tâmpa, is presumed to have been raised in the time of the German Knights (1212–1218), or if not ...
With an area of 238,397 km 2 (92,046 sq mi), Romania is the twelfth-largest country in Europe.It is a country located at the crossroads of Eastern and Southeast Europe. It is bordered on the Black Sea, the country is halfway between the equator and the North Pole and equidistant from the westernmost part of Europe—the Atlantic Coast—and the most easterly—the Ural Mountains.
The museum has collections of tropical and subtropical plants (cactuses, euphorbias, palms, crotons, geraniums, begonias, etc.) rosary chic, over 200 varieties of roses, flora and vegetation. There are over 3000 specimens of tree species and shrubs, an oak area with more than 50 examples of birch and conifers, and a replica Japanese garden.