Global Vegetation Project

we celebrate the diversity of vegetation on our planet and provide educators with a resource for online teaching

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Thank you 🙏 to all of our new followers who are just as excited as we are to build an online global community of vegetation ecologists🌳🌍. Since there are so many new users joining us, we wanted to tell you once again what we are all about with this video. Please RT :)

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Montane conifer forest

⭐ Pacific Coastal Mountain icefields and tundra ecoregion

📍 Anchorage, Alaska, United States

🌿 dominant species: Betula glandulosa, Picea glauca, and Populus tremuloides

📷 Nolan Gerdes

#vegetation #nativeplants #ecoregion #biodiversity #alaska

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🔎On the blog:
Drought-tolerant species also resist competition in #grasslands
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Chihuahuan Desert

⭐ Chihuahuan desert ecoregion

📍 Kilbourne Hole, Potrillo Mountains, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, United States

🌿 dominant species: Larrea tridentata and Prosopis glandulosa

📷 Marguerite Mauritz

#plants #landscape #explore #botany #newmexico #desert

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Tundra

⭐ Iceland boreal birch forests and alpine tundra ecoregion

📍 Haukadalur, Vesturland, Iceland

🌿 dominant species: Dryas octopetala

📷 Rúna Magnússon

#vegetation #plants #landscape #photography #biodiversity #institute #explore #education #botany #Iceland #flower

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Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands

⭐ Gissaro-Alai open woodlands ecoregion

📍 Hoburobot Pass, Tadzhikistan Territories, Tajikistan

🌿 dominant species: Eremurus robustus

📷 Arkadiusz Nowak

#ecoregion #beautiful #explore #education #botany #Tajikistan #flowers

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Mediterranean woodland

⭐ Iberian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests ecoregion

📍 Albuera Dehesa, Extremadura, Spain

🌿 dominant species: Quercus ilex

📷 Mirco Migliavacca

#global #vegetation #plants #landscape #photo #maps #explore #botany #spain #woodland

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Kimberley Thornveld

⭐ Kalahari xeric savanna ecoregion

📍 Pixley ka Seme, Northern Cape, South Africa

🌿 dominant species: Acacia erioloba, Acacia karroo, Eragrostis lehmanniana, and Tarchonanthus camphoratus

📷 Dewald du Plessis

#plants #landscape #botany #southafrica

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Campo cerrado

⭐ Cerrado ecoregion

📍 Estação Ecológica de Santa Bárbara, São Paulo, Brazil

🌿 dominant species: Moquiniastrum barrosoae and Moquiniastrum polymorphum

📷 Sam Flake

#ecoregion #beautiful #nature #biodiversity #virtual #maps #explore #botany #Brazil #cerrado

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emperate deciduous forest

⭐ Allegheny Highlands forests ecoregion

📍 Chittenango Falls, New York, United States

🌿 dominant species: Adiantum pedatum and Quercus alba

📷 Dave Atkins

#landscape #photography #ecoregion #beautiful #nature #biodiversity #explore #botany

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Coastal grassland

⭐ Celtic broadleaf forests ecoregion

📍 Giants Causeway, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

🌿 dominant species: Angelica sylvestris, Armeria maritima, Jacobaea vulgaris, Lathyrus pratensis, and Ulex europaeus

📷 Daniel Laughlin

#botany #ecology #ireland

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Musina Mopane Bushveld

⭐ Zambezian mopane woodlands ecoregion

📍 Musina Local Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa

🌿 dominant species: Adansonia digitata, Colophospermum mopane, Grewia flava, Schmidtia pappophoroides, and Sesamothamnus lugardii

📷 Anisha Dayaram

#ecology

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Bog

⭐ Northern Pacific Alaskan coastal forests ecoregion

📍 Douglas Island, Alaska, United States

🌿 dominant species: Pinus contorta subsp. contorta

��️ Colloquially referred to as a muskeg

📷 Trevor Trevor

#landscape #explore #education #botany #alaska #costalforest

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Pinyon-juniper woodland

⭐ Great Basin shrub steppe ecoregion

📍 Pine Nut Range, Nevada, United States

🌿 dominant species: Juniperus osteosperma and Pinus monophylla

📷 Trevor Carter

#vegetation #landscape #biodiversity #maps #explore #education #botany #nevada #pine

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Tropical high-montane peat-bog wetland

⭐ Central Andean dry puna ecoregion

📍 Laguna Colorada northern shores, Sud Lípez province, Potosí, Bolivia

🌿 dominant species: Deyeuxia rigescens, Festuca hypsophila, Puccinellia frigida, and Scirpus deserticola

📷 Gonzalo Navarro

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Oro-Scandian tall-fern birch woods

⭐ Scandinavian Montane Birch forest and grasslands ecoregion

📍 Stussnessfjellet, Skjervøy, Troms, Norway

🌿 dominant species: Athyrium filix-femina, Betula pubescens, Deschampsia cespitosa, and Solidago virgaurea

📷 Natalia Zhekova

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Alpine tundra

⭐ Hokkaido montane conifer forests ecoregion

📍 Daisetsuzan, Hokkaido, Japan

🌿 dominant species: Primula cuneifolia and Rhododendron aureum,

📷 Kenny Helsen

#global #vegetation #landscape #photography #maps #explore #education #botany #japan #flowers

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Eucalypt Woodlands

⭐ Coolgardie woodlands ecoregion

📍 Lake Johnston, Western Australia, Australia

🌿 dominant species: Eucalyptus salicola

📷 Suzanne Prober

#global #vegetation #landscape #photography #ecoregion #nature #biodiversity #explore #education #botany #australia

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Oromediterranean grassland & scrubland

⭐ Iberian conifer forests ecoregion

📍 Near Maliciosa Peak, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain

🌿 dominant species: Cytisus oromediterraneus, Festuca indigesta, Linaria nivea, and Pilosella castellana

📷 Francisco M. Azcárate @FMAzcarate

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Evergreen needleleaf

⭐ Eastern Canadian Shield taiga ecoregion

📍 Mirage, Québec, Canada

🌿 dominant species: Picea mariana

📷 Sergio Rossi

#plants #landscape #photography #nativeplants #ecoregion #nature #biodiversity #maps #explore #education #botany #canada #pine

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Sagebrush/forest transition zone

⭐ Great Basin montane forests ecoregion

📍 Great Basin National Park, Nevada, United States

🌿 dominant species: Abies concolor, Amelanchier sp., Artemisia arbuscula, Artemisia tridentata, and Populus tremuloides

📷 Magda Garbowski

#botany