miércoles, 24 de abril de 2013

Activity 3 natural science


Activity 3 natural science

Marfull:  In Spanish it is called durillo, In Catalan it is called Marfull and in English it is called Viburnum tinus and the scientific name is Viburnum tinus.
Location: In Catalonia it is very common in marine wet lands of the Principality, where is the oak with honeysuckle bushes, and they are the degradation, which also is part of. Is also present, but rare, Valencia and Mallorca, as well as the rest of Catalonia, except two areas where climate is not extreme: the Pyrenees and the more continental climate zone central depression (the plains Urgell and Lleida and the northern Ebro basin). It is a typical Mediterranean shrub that grows both in the countries of southern Europe and northern Africa and the Middle East. 

Adelfa: In Spanish it is called adelfa,  in English it is called Nerium oleander and in Catalan it is called baladre. The scientific name is Nerium oleander.
Location: It grows in all types of soils, from sea level to 1200 m high, prefers the proximity of a watercourse and supports the arid terrain thanks to its powerful roots that reach groundwater moisture. Although it is native to the Mediterranean region and temperate Asia (Arabian Peninsula, Western Asia and China) can be found as an ornamental plant in much of the world (Indochina, North Africa, and subtropical regions of America ), albeit with considerable toxicity. Artificially, planted gardens and parks of towns and cities.




Evònim: In Spanish it is called Euonymus, in Catalan it is called Evònim and English it is Euonymus. The   scientific name is Euonymus.

Location: It's kind of mountainous and only has the beginning and French Catalonia. It has a special meaning in the common oak gall, the woods, etc..
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