Images Dated 25th January 2010

New Zealand flax lily in bloom in Tongariro National Park

Native to New Zealand Phormium tenax, known as New Zealand flax, flax lily or just as flax in New Zealand, is an evergreen perennial plant used as fibre plant and a popular ornamental plant. Phormium tenax grows as a clump of long, straplike leaves and tall flowering shoot with yellow or red flowers. Tongariro National Park is the oldest national park in New Zealand, located in the central North Island. It has been acknowledged by UNESCO as one of the 28 mixed cultural and natural World Heritage Sites

© Dmitry Naumov

Winter forest in the Taunus, Taunus Nature Reserve, Hesse, Germany, Europe

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huts of local Oromo nomads at Keyrensa in the Bale Mts

huts of local Oromo nomads at Keyrensa in the Bale Mts. NP. The Bale Mountains NP is known for one of the last populations of the Ethiopian Wolf (canis simensis), which can often been seen during hiking in the Bale Mts. Africa, Ethiopia

© Martin Zwick / DanitaDelimont.com

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