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  • Trimmed plants of Carludovica palmata in a canoe ready for transport and transplanting. These plants are used for the manufacture of Panama hats. Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • Trimmed plants of Carludovica palmata in a canoe ready for transport and transplanting. These plants are used for the manufacture of Panama hats. Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador.
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  • Plants of opuntia or  prickly pear (Opuntia megasperma var. megasperma) with spiny trunks grow in the arid zone of Floreana among thorny shrubs. This plant is endemic to Galapagos. Floreana, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • Plants of opuntia or prickly pear (Opuntia megasperma) grow among lava boulders and thorny shrubs in the arid zone of San Cristobal. This plant is endemic to Galapagos. Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Plants of opuntia or prickly pear (Opuntia megasperma) grow among lava boulders and thorny shrubs in the arid zone of San Cristobal. This plant is endemic to Galapagos. Behind the opuntias is a candelabra cactus (Jasminocereus thouarsii var. thouarsii), also endemic. Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Plants of candelabra cactus (Jasminocereus thouarsii var. thouarsii), a plant endemic to Galapagos, silhouetted against the setting sun. Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Plants of candelabra cactus (Jasminocereus thouarsii var. thouarsii), a plant endemic to Galapagos. Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Huge plants of opuntia or  prickly pear (Opuntia echios var. gigantea) grow in the arid zone of Santa Cruz among thorny shrubs on the track to Tortuga Bay.  Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Huge plants of opuntia or  prickly pear (Opuntia echios var. gigantea) grow in the arid zone of Santa Cruz among thorny shrubs by the paved path to Tortuga Bay.  Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Huge plants of opuntia or  prickly pear (Opuntia echios var. gigantea) grow in the arid zone of Santa Cruz among thorny shrubs on the track to Tortuga Bay.  Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Tree-like trunks of huge plants of opuntia or  prickly pear (Opuntia echios var. gigantea) grow in the arid zone of Santa Cruz among thorny shrubs on the track to Tortuga Bay.  Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Pioneer species of plants including cacti, ferns and lichens begin to appear on the bare black lava slopes of the volcano Volcan Chico after the 1979 eruption. Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Pioneer species of plants including cacti, ferns and lichens begin to appear on the bare black lava slopes of the volcano Volcan Chico after the 1979 eruption. Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Pioneer species of plants including cacti, ferns and lichens begin to appear on the bare black lava slopes of the volcano Volcan Chico after the 1979 eruption. Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Plants of opuntia or  prickly pear (Opuntia echios var. echios) grow in the arid zone of Isla Plaza Sur among thorny shrubs. This Opuntia is endemic to Galapagos,  Isla Plaza Sur, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Huge plants of opuntia or  prickly pear (Opuntia echios var. gigantea) grow in the arid zone of Santa Cruz among thorny shrubs on the track to Tortuga Bay.  Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Tree-like trunks of huge plants of opuntia or  prickly pear (Opuntia echios var. gigantea) grow in the arid zone of Santa Cruz among thorny shrubs on the track to Tortuga Bay.  Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Pioneer species of plants including cacti, ferns and lichens begin to appear on the bare black lava slopes of the volcano Volcan Chico after the 1979 eruption. Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Pioneer species of plants including cacti, ferns and lichens begin to appear on the bare black lava slopes of the volcano Volcan Chico after the 1979 eruption. Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Pioneer species of plants including cacti, ferns and lichens begin to appear on the bare black lava slopes of the volcano Volcan Chico after the 1979 eruption. Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Pioneer species of plants including cacti, ferns and lichens begin to appear on the bare black lava slopes of the volcano Volcan Chico after the 1979 eruption. Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Pioneer species of plants including cacti, ferns and lichens begin to appear on the bare black lava slopes of the volcano Volcan Chico after the 1979 eruption. Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Plants of opuntia or  prickly pear (Opuntia echios var. echios) grow in the arid zone of Isla Plaza Sur among thorny shrubs.  Isla Plaza Sur, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Plants of opuntia or  prickly pear (Opuntia echios var. echios) grow in the arid zone of Isla Plaza Sur among thorny shrubs.  Isla Plaza Sur, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Plants of opuntia or  prickly pear (Opuntia echios var. echios) grow in the arid zone of Isla Plaza Sur among thorny shrubs. This Opuntia is endemic to Galapagos,  Isla Plaza Sur, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Pioneer species of plants including cacti, ferns and lichens begin to appear on the bare black lava slopes of the volcano Volcan Chico after the 1979 eruption. Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Pioneer species of plants including cacti, ferns and lichens begin to appear on the bare black lava slopes of the volcano Volcan Chico after the 1979 eruption. Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Pioneer species of plants including cacti, ferns and lichens begin to appear on the bare black lava slopes of the volcano Volcan Chico after the 1979 eruption. Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Well watered cabbage plants grow in rich black volcanic soil on a steep hillside above Almolonga. San Pedro de Almolonga, Republic of Guatemala. 12Mar14
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  • Alpine plants growing in limestone rocks. Fuente De,  Picos de Europa national park. Picos de Europa. Spain 06Jul12
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  • AIr plants grow on electricity cables above the streets of Antigua.  Antigua Guatemala, Republic of Guatemala. 02Mar14
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  • Alpine plants growing in limestone rocks. Fuente De,  Picos de Europa national park. Picos de Europa. Spain 06Jul12
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  • A sedge plant grows in the lava and eroded sulphur minerals in the caldera of the Sierra Negra Volcano. Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • A sedge plant grows in the lava and eroded sulphur minerals in the caldera of the Sierra Negra Volcano. Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • The highest vegetation zone in Galapagos is known as the Pampa or Fern-Sedge Zone. The only tall plant to grow here in damp sheltered spots, such as the cloudy slopes of Sierra Negra, is the endemic Galápagos tree fern (Cyathea weatherbyana). Sierra Negra, Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • The highest vegetation zone in Galapagos is known as the Pampa or Fern-Sedge Zone. The only tall plant to grow here in damp sheltered spots, such as the cloudy slopes of Sierra Negra, is the endemic Galápagos tree fern (Cyathea weatherbyana). Sierra Negra, Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • The highest vegetation zone in Galapagos is known as the Pampa or Fern-Sedge Zone. The only tall plant to grow here in damp sheltered spots, such as the cloudy slopes of Sierra Negra, is the endemic Galápagos tree fern (Cyathea weatherbyana). Sierra Negra, Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) propagules with hypocotyls hanging below the fruiting body. The propagules will soon drop off the parent tree and be dispersed by the surrounding water. Playa Isabela, Puerto Villamil, Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Bright green algae growing in a stream near Hope Bay. Hope Bay, Antarctica. 02Mar16
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  • Roots of Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) plunge into white sand. Tortuga Bay. Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • Opuntia or  prickly pear (Opuntia saxicola). This species is endemic to Isabela and is on the  IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Puerto Villamil, Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Button-like, fruits of button mangrove or buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus).  Puerto Villamil, Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • A Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) tree grows from an outcrop of black lava in a white sand beach. Playa Ochoa, San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • Kapok (Ceiba pentandra) seed pods and their fluffy contents on a small tree in the dry forest on San Cristobal.  Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Brown algae grow on rocks in the otherwise barren Shingle Cove, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica.
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  • Lush mosses grow on a scree slope. Godthul, South Georgia.
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  • Roots of Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) plunge into white sand. Tortuga Bay. Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) propagules with hypocotyls hanging below the fruiting body. The propagules will soon drop off the parent tree and be dispersed by the surrounding water. Playa Isabela, Puerto Villamil, Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • A Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) propagule emerges from the fruiting body. After a period of growth the propagule will drop off the parent tree and be dispersed by the surrounding water. Playa Isabela, Puerto Villamil, Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Brown  algae stain melting snow near Hope Bay. Hope Bay, Antarctica. 02Mar16
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  • Opuntia or  prickly pear (Opuntia saxicola) grow among lava boulders and thorny shrubs in the arid zone of Isabela. This species is endemic to Isabela and is on the  IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Behind the opuntias are candelabra cactus (Jasminocereus thouarsii var. sclerocarpus), also endemic to Galapagos. Puerto Villamil, Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • A Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) tree grows from an outcrop of black lava in a white sand beach. Puerto Villamil, Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Roots of Red Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) plunge into white sand. Tortuga Bay. Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • Button-like, fruits of button mangrove or buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus).  Puerto Villamil, Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Brown algae grow on rocks in the otherwise barren Shingle Cove, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica.
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  • Well watered vegetables grow in rich volcanic soil on a steep hillside above Almolonga. San Pedro de Almolonga, Republic of Guatemala. 12Mar14
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  • The Beagle Channel and windswept vegetation on Isla H with Argentina on the rigt and Chile to the left. Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.
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  • A lady picks leaves and buds from tea plants (Camellia sinensis assamica) in a plantation near Kaziranga. She throws the handfulls of leaves into the big basket suspended behind her from her forehead. Kaziranga, Assam, India. 22 November 2007
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  • A tea picker rests from picking leaves and buds from tea plants (Camellia sinensis assamica) in a plantation near Kaziranga. She throws handfulls of leaves into the big basket suspended behind her from her forehead. Kaziranga, Assam, India.  22 November 2007
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  • A man plants potatoes in the hand cultivated rich black volcanic soil on the slopes of Volcan Zunil above the village of Xetinamit. Xetinamit, Republic of Guatemala. 10Mar14
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  • A Jersey Tiger Moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria) on Hemp-argimony (Eupatorium cannabinum), one of the food plants of its lavae.  Valbone, Valbona, Albania. 06Sep15
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  • A tea picker rests from picking leaves and buds from tea plants (Camellia sinensis assamica) in a plantation near Kaziranga. She throws handfulls of leaves into the big basket suspended behind her from her forehead. Kaziranga, Assam, India.  22 November 2007
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  • Giant Dahlia plants dwarf a teahouse near Pedi Eastern Nepal October 1999
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  • A Jersey Tiger Moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria) on Hemp-argimony (Eupatorium cannabinum), one of the food plants of its lavae.  Valbone, Valbona, Albania. 06Sep15
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  • A tea picker rests from picking leaves and buds from tea plants (Camellia sinensis assamica) in a plantation near Kaziranga. She throws handfulls of leaves into the big basket suspended behind her from her forehead. Kaziranga, Assam, India.  22 November 2007
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  • A Yucca plant (Yucca species) grows in scrubby grassland in the western highlands of Guatemala.  A flower stalk is bursting from the centre of the plant. Parraxquim. Departamente de Sololá, Republic of Guatemala. 10Mar14
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  • Seed heads of Darwin's cotton (Gossypium darwinii) with exposed fluffy, wind distributed seeds. This plant only grows in the Galapagos Islands. Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • Giant model of a tortoise that appears to be eating an opuntia or prickly pear cactus plant (Opuntia megasperma). Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • Flower of Darwin's cotton (Gossypium darwinii). This plant only grows in the Galapagos Islands. Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • female Orange Tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) on flowers of its food plant Cuckoo Flower or Ladies Smock (Cardamine pratensis) . Bedgebury Forest, Kent, UK.
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  • The Orman Lange natural gas processing plant process gas from the offshore Orman Lange natural gas field.  Gas is exported via a pipeline to Easington in the UK. Nyhamna, Møre og Romsdal, Norway.
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  • Red berries grrow on a prostate alpine plant.   Nubra Valley, Khardung La, Ladakh, Republic of India.
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  • Fields of rich volcanic soil on a steep hillside prepared by hand and ridged ready for planting.  Santa Clara la Laguna, Departamente de Sololá, Republic of Guatemala. 07Mar14.
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  • Red and yellow hanging flowers of Heliconia pendula,  lobster claw plant. Tortuguero, Tortuguero National Park, Limon Province, Costa Rica. 16Nov13.
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  • Yellow and white flowers of the Assam tea plant  (Camellia sinensis assamica) in a plantation near Kaziranga. Kaziranga, Assam, India.  22 November 2007
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  • Climbing plant with white trumpet flowers. Antigua Guatemala, Republic of Guatemala. 15Mar14
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  • A geothermal power plant on the slopes of the active  Volcan de Pacaya.  San Vincente Pacaya. Republic of Guatemela. 14Mar14
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  • A field of rich volcanic soil prepared by hand and ridged ready for planting. Tzucuval, Departamente de Sololá, Republic of Guatamala 08Mar14
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  • A plant with white flowers grows out of the top of a rotting fence post. La Fortuna de San Carlos, Arenal Volcano National Park, Costa Rica.
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  • Caterpillar, lava, of  Knotgrass (Acronicta rumicis) moth on a cultivated raspberry (Rubus idaeus) plant. Bedgebury Forest, Kent. UK.  29Aug16
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  • Bright green algae growing near Hope Bay. Hope Bay, Antarctica. 02Mar16
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  • Mangrove trees grow in the mud of the Rio Sierpe. Sierpe, Costa Rica 28Nov13
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  • Epiphytes, ferns, orchids and bromeliads grow on a tree on th edge of the tropical rainforest on the Osa Peninsula. Drake Bay, Corcovado National Park, Golfito, Costa Rica. 28Nov13
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  • Guava (Psidium guajava) is an introduced, invasive species that covers the damp highlands of Isabela. It is so successful because the pulp round the seeds is eaten by birds that spread the seeds. A fruit can be seen that has been pecked by birds. Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador
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  • Flowers of Guava (Psidium guajava),  an introduced, invasive species that covers the damp highlands of Isabela. It is so successful because the pulp round the seeds is eaten by birds that spread the seeds. , Isabela, Galapagos, Ecuador.
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  • Lush mosses grow on a scree slope. Godthul, South Georgia.
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  • The fern, wall rue, (Asplenium ruta-muraria) grows in the lime mortar in the walls of the ruins of Bayham Old Abbey. Frant, East Sussex, England.
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  • Male Marbled White butterfly (Melanargia galathea) feeding on a creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense). Cuckmere Haven, Sussex, UK., 03 July 2006
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  • A female European Mistletoe (Viscum album) with berries growing on a pine tree. Theth, Albania. 04Sep15
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  • A Papaya, papaw, or pawpaw (Carica papaya) tree with flowers and unripe fruit. San Jose, Costa Rica.
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  • Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) on th edge of the tropical rainforest on the Osa Peninsula. Drake Bay, Corcovado National Park, Golfito, Costa Rica. 28Nov13
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  • Painting of a bird of prey on a house wall.  Sierpe, Costa Rica 25Nov13
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  • Bright green algae growing in a stream near Hope Bay. Hope Bay, Antarctica. 02Mar16
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  • Bright green algae growing near Hope Bay. Hope Bay, Antarctica. 02Mar16
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  • Yellow flowers of dark mullein (Verbascum nigrum) growing on very poor pebbly ground behind the beach of Rye Bay. Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, Rye, Sussex, UK.
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  • A waxy white flower with red and yellow markings on the inside grows in a garden in Moshi .  Moshi, Tanzania.
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  • Juniper (Juniperus communis) with ripe female cones, known as berries, growing on a limestone hillside above Teth. Teth, Tethi, Albania. 04Sep15
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  • A boat is drawn up on a beach near the mouth of  the Rio Sierpe. Mangroves and rain forest are in the background. Sierpe, Costa Rica 25Nov13
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  • Painting of a Red-backed Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri oerstedii oerstedii) on a house wall.  Sierpe, Costa Rica 25Nov13
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