меловой бор

English translation: Cretaceous pine forests

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Russian term or phrase:меловой бор
English translation:Cretaceous pine forests
Entered by: stasbetman

21:35 Jan 28, 2010
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Social Sciences - Environment & Ecology
Russian term or phrase: меловой бор
Наибольшее ботаническое значение имеют меловые боры, сформированные сосной меловой - третичным реликтовым видом, занесенным в Красную книгу Украины

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stasbetman
Ukraine
Local time: 16:22
Cretaceous pine forests
Explanation:
"They are oak-pine and pine forests of Polyssa and Pridniprovja, beech-pine forests of Roztocza, ***relict cretaceous pine forests*** and petrophyllous steppes of Volhynia-Podolia. Initial habitats of Daphne cneorum in Ukraine were pine forests in Volhynia-Podolia."
http://trophort.com/research/c/147/cneorum-001.php
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Rachel Douglas
United States
Local time: 09:22
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3 +2Cretaceous pine forests
Rachel Douglas
4coniferous forest with chalky (cretaceous) soil
Ellen Kraus


  

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coniferous forest with chalky (cretaceous) soil


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Chalk soils consist of a thin top soil composed of decayed vegetation. ... The podzol is common in coniferous forest regions where precipitation exceeds ...
encyclopedia.farlex.com/soil

Ellen Kraus
Austria
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Cretaceous pine forests


Explanation:
"They are oak-pine and pine forests of Polyssa and Pridniprovja, beech-pine forests of Roztocza, ***relict cretaceous pine forests*** and petrophyllous steppes of Volhynia-Podolia. Initial habitats of Daphne cneorum in Ukraine were pine forests in Volhynia-Podolia."
http://trophort.com/research/c/147/cneorum-001.php

Rachel Douglas
United States
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