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Berberis cretica
Cretan Barberry
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0516 1867 (2016-05-21)Copyright © 2016 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Apr 26, 2016
latitude 35.36129 longitude 23.90723
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Northwest slopes of White Mountains, north of Omalos plateau, next to the road from Omalos village to north shore of the island, somewhat lower after the highest point of the road. (West Crete, Greece)notes Slo.: kretiški češmin - Habitat: light mountain cypresses woodland (Cupressus sempervirens), north oriented mountain slope, locally almost flat terrain; calcareous, rocky, skeletal ground; full sun; elevation 1.030 m (3.400 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C (estimated ?), Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil. Comment: Berberis cretica is a beautiful plant when in bloom, however adversely spiny. Its three-partite long and sturdy spines are dense and very sharp so it is impossible to brake off a single small branch with bare hands. This is, of cause, an efficient defense against grazing goats, which have radically changed Cretan flora through last millennia. Most of plants of Phrygana, specific Greek type of Garrigue (an open community of dwarf evergreen shrubs) are thorny. Berberis cretica is limited to high mountains of Crete, Rhodes, south Greece and Turkey. Contrary to our central European Common Barberry (Berberis vulgaris), which has vividly red berries, it has dark blue, almost black berries. Ref.: (1) I. Schӧnfelder, P. Schӧnfelder, Kosmos Atlas Mittelmeer- und Kanarenflora, Kosmos, (2002), p 48. (2) V. Papiomytoglou, Wildblumen aus Friechenland, Mediterrane Editions (2006), p 24.camera Nikon D700/Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
contributor's ID # Bot_951/2016_DSC1714 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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