It is worth noting that not only rhododendron, but also many other plants have healing powers and, due to their limited range, are listed in the Red Book. Moreover, poisonous plants can also be found here, which you also need to know.
Poisonous plants of the Caucasian mountains
A feature of many poisonous plants of the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus and its other areas is that in small doses and with a certain caution, they turn out to be therapeutic agents. It is worth listing the most common of them.
- Hellebore Caucasian.
It can only be used under the supervision of specialists. The properties of hellebore can surprise anyone. It helps to cleanse the body of toxins, removes salts of heavy metals and even radioactive elements. Doctors prescribe hellebore for obesity because it promotes weight loss. Among plants, hellebore is truly unique.
- Belladonna.
The fact that she is from the nightshade family already says a lot. It grows in the foothills, it is cultivated because it is indispensable as an antispasmodic. Preparations from belladonna are also used in eye clinics, since with their help you can expand the pupil. However, despite all its beneficial properties and the inclusion in the composition of many preparations (both external and internal), belladonna is a poisonous plant, and products based on it are not available without a prescription.
- Belena is black.
It even entered into a well-known proverb (“I ate too much henbane,” they say about crazy people). Medical oil is made from it, which provides significant assistance in the treatment of neuralgia and rheumatism. Like other similar herbs, henbane should be dried and stored separately from other medicinal plants.
- Caucasian ash tree.
Another poisonous, but no less amazing representative of the flora of the Caucasus. What is one of its popular name - the burning bush. So the ash tree was nicknamed because it contains so many essential oils that it can flare up on a hot day. Collect this grass with gloves, otherwise the hands are burned. However, the ash tree is able to heal the kidneys, help with epilepsy and cystitis, and even expel worms.
All these and many others benefit people, but on condition that they are used in very moderate doses. In order not to be mistaken, it is worth having at hand their photo and description - especially poisonous ones. And yet there are much more medicinal herbs here, and shrubs, semi-shrubs, flowers, trees can be added to them ...
The Caucasus is a wonderful place on Earth - it gives health by its very existence.
There are unusual plants that live 150 years and only at the end of their lives give amazing beautiful flowers. How can representatives of the terrestrial flora surprise?
rare flowers
Edelweiss is the flower of fidelity and love. Its name alone sounds like music. The most touching and gentle, about which there are many legends. The Italians call it the silver flower of the rocks. The French are an Alpine star.The flower loves the sun, but grows high in the mountains near the snowy edge. It is not given to everyone to see it. The legend says that only a person in whose heart love is pure as dew can find this mysterious flower. It is not enough to be agile and strong in order to climb to the top of the mountain. We must love sincerely and wholeheartedly, be devoted to our beloved.
There were so many people who wanted to get the flower that already in the 19th century it was almost impossible to see it. There were a couple of dozen copies left, which were on the verge of extinction.
In Switzerland, where this flower grew, a special law was issued that prohibited the collection of this plant. Violators faced hefty fines. At the mountain borders, there are special posts that do not allow tourists to the habitats of this flower.
The Chinese mouseflower is the most creepy and disgusting flower that Mother Nature could create. Even at close range, when its petals are closed, it resembles bat, which was attached to a branch for the night. To give it an even creepier look, it has long, ornate tentacles 30-40 cm long that resemble black snakes. The first impression of those who saw it is horror.
It is grown only by extreme flower growers, since not only the appearance, but also touching it causes a feeling of disgust in most people.
Middlemist red is the rarest flower in the world. There are only 2 copies on the entire globe. British gardener John Middlemist, traveling in China in 1854, was fascinated by a scarlet rose, which he accidentally discovered. He dug up the flower and brought it to Britain to plant in the United Kingdom's greenhouse. He could not even imagine that thanks to this he saved the last copy of the flower in the world. This scarlet rose was named after him.
Our world is extraordinarily rich various types plants, flowers of incredible beauty and mighty centuries-old trees, which are taken under protection all over the world. It depends only on the person that there are as few pages as possible in the Red Book.
rare tree species
The Methuselah pine is the oldest tree in the world. Its age exceeds 4850 years. And she received the name in honor of the biblical character, who was the only long-liver in the whole world. 
This majestic tree grows in the USA, in the White Mountains at an altitude of 3000 meters. Its exact location is known only to botanists who monitor the pine. Such secrecy is connected with the fact that to protect this guard from vandalism. After all, there are thousands of tourists who want to take a picture with him or tear off a piece of the bark as a keepsake. Many go to the mountains to find this mysterious tree, but all their attempts end in failure. The Methuselah pine is not a tree, it is a symbol of eternity, which looks like a dead one, but life is hidden in each of its branches.
The tree of life is the loneliest tree in the world. Probably, like life itself, reminiscent of loneliness among a crowd of people. It is the only one on the sands of the endless desert of Bahrain, a hundred kilometers from any vegetation.
He is 400 years old, but the most important thing is not his age or the fact that this is a rare specimen of trees. Scientists are wondering how it is possible to live for so many years in the desert, in the land of which there is absolutely no water, while “radiating” vital energy.
If you “transfer” from far corners of the world to our region, with the greenery of meadows and the noise of birch groves, you can discover amazing and rare plants that are on the verge of extinction.
Interesting plants from the Russian Red Book
The Japanese beard is a beautiful and graceful plant with a large pinkish flower, which is popularly called the Spirit of the Meadows. It got its name because of the petals, which, bending at the bottom of the flower, resemble a gnome's beard.The beard is a miniature orchid. So soft, graceful and beautiful. The flower can grow alone, modestly "peeping out" from the arrows of the green meadow grasses. But most often the plant forms scatterings of flowers, where 1 square meter there can be up to 60 of them. The plant is listed in the Red Book, and is protected by law.
Rhododendron Fori - a plant with large flowers Pink colour. On one brush can grow up to 15 delicate, with slightly wrapped flower petals. It is called the flower of the gods. Its beauty is compared with the Greek goddesses - graceful, slender, tender. You can admire its beauty endlessly, but only the lucky one can see it.
The legend says that this flower was presented to a man by the Gods, who wanted to win the heart of his beloved. The flower was as beautiful as the girl for whom it was intended. When her betrothed took her to distant lands, rhododendrons bloomed in the fields so that people would remember not only her beauty, but also believe that there is unearthly love in the world.
It can be said about this plant that seeing it is to know the being of life. Understand that life and death are far apart, but at the same time as inseparable as two sisters.
The rarest plant in the world
Puya raimondi is a plant that lives 150 years to gain vitality and die. To die forever, giving the world the unearthly beauty of your flowers. 
Growing from a round and huge ball, the plant reaches a height of up to 10 meters. A powerful trunk resembling a tree develops from a thin stem. But the huge "cone", prickly in appearance, resembles a huge flower, which slowly grows in height for 100 years. Having lived for 150 years and gained vital energy, it gives the world a scattering of a thousand flowers and dies. Dies forever.
This plant is truly beautiful, but there are other amazing representatives of the flora. .
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A little about extraction from plants
Back in the 6th millennium BC. were known healing properties plants, which are determined by the complex of biologically active substances contained in them. Currently, more than 5 million organic compounds are known, many of which are found in plants. These natural substances belong to different classes of organic compounds. depending on their structure and properties, these substances can be extracted (extracted) from plants using solvents (extractants). General principle extraction is as follows: if the substances are polar, they are extracted with polar solvents; oils, fats and other non-polar substances can be isolated with organic non-polar solvents.
The most important difference between plant extracts and individual chemicals is that plant extracts contain hundreds of components. Sometimes one or more ingredients are known or described, but the full composition of the composition is never known (Puchkova T.V. et al., 2005). Plant components work synergistically, as in an ensemble. In order to have a constant high quality of herbal extracts, plants collected in ecologically clean areas and well-established production processes are needed to guarantee a high content of biologically active substances.
Biologically active substances isolated from plants
Among the biologically active substances obtained from plants, fatty acids, triglycerides of fatty acids (i.e. fats and oils), phospholipids, sterols, waxes, alkaloids, saponins, tannins, glycosides, flavonoids, tannins, proteins, resins, vitamins . Depending on the goals set, it is possible to isolate individual, thoroughly purified compounds from plants, as well as to obtain complexes of biologically active substances with full preservation of their natural properties.
Phospholipids are the main components of cell membranes. According to the chemical structure, they are unsymmetrical diesters of phosphoric acid and polyhydric alcohols (glycerol, sphingosine, diols). Phospholipid molecules contain non-polar hydrocarbon "tails" and a polar hydrophilic "head". In water at low concentrations, like surfactant molecules, they form micelles. At high concentrations, they form bimolecular layers of lipids separated by layers of water. Phospholipids perform very important functions in the body: they stabilize membrane proteins, participate in the transport of cholesterol, and regulate intra- and intercellular metabolism.
Sterols are cyclic alcohols. They are solid, optically active substances, insoluble in water. They are isolated from vegetable oils and animal fats. The biogenetic precursor of sterols is squalene. Sterols are used to produce drugs, steroid hormones, vitamin D. Cholesterol is a well-known sterol.
Alkaloids are organic nitrogen-containing substances. Usually these are non-volatile, bitter-tasting substances, often poisonous. Widely used in medicine, but very limited in cosmetology. Examples of alkaloids are quinine, morphine, caffeine, papaverine, ephedrine, etc. Most alkaloids are found in plants of the legume, poppy, ranunculus and nightshade families.
Glycosides are organic sugar compounds. This is a very large group of substances widely distributed in nature. The mechanism of action of glycosides on the human body is diverse and depends on chemical structure aglycone.
Saponins are naturally occurring glycosidic compounds that form stable foam when shaken in water. These are compounds of a complex structure that form colloidal solutions in water, reduce the surface tension of water, like soaps.
Flavonoids are the yellow and brown pigments of plants. They are found in nature in the free state or in the state associated with sugars. Found in almost all plants. Flavonoids strengthen the walls and increase the elasticity of blood vessels, especially capillaries, retard the growth of neoplasms, and exhibit a powerful anti-allergic effect.
Tannins are polyphenolic compounds with a tart, astringent taste. Non-toxic to humans, have anti-inflammatory, bactericidal, hemostatic and astringent properties. Tannins from the bark of oak, willow, horsetail, oregano, string and other plants have long been used to treat skin diseases.
Resins are complex amorphous substances secreted by plants. Insoluble in water, they have a diuretic, aseptic, laxative and epithelial effect.
Vitamins are catalysts for the most important biochemical reactions in the human body. They play a huge role in the life of cells. Vitamin deficiency leads to various skin pathologies, premature aging, collagen degradation, etc.
Waxes are esters of higher fatty acids and high molecular weight alcohols, usually with an even number of carbon atoms. They have water repellent properties. In plants, wax coating on the surface of stems, leaves, flowers and fruits plays an important role in the regulation of water balance, protects against ultraviolet radiation, mechanical damage and pathogenic bacteria.
medicinal plants
St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum L.)
It has antimicrobial, antifungal, antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory and capillary-strengthening effects. The extract contains flavonoids (hyperoside, rutin, quercetin, isoquercetin and quercetin), tannins, carotene, hypericin, essential oil, resins, nicotinic and ascorbic acids, vitamins P and PP, choline, anthocyanins, saponins, etc.
Salvia officinalis (Salvia officinalis L.)
Contains flavonoids, alkaloids, tannins and resinous substances, organic acids (oleanolic, ursolic, chlorogenic), vitamins P and PP, as well as a significant amount of essential oil containing pinene, cyoneol, thujone, borneol, salvene and other terpene compounds.
Sage extract has antifungal, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial action (especially against gram-positive bacteria), inhibits sweating. It is especially effective for the treatment of purulent wounds, with light burns and frostbite.
Chamomile medicinal (Matricaria chamomilla L.)
Chamomile inflorescences contain an essential oil, consisting of the main biologically active substance - chamazulene and other monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes. Of the sesquiterpenes, the most important are the lactones matricin and matricarin. Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (farnesene and cadinene), sesquiterpene alcohols (bisabolol, bisabolol oxide, ketoalcohol), caprylic acid were found in the essential oil of chamomile. The flowers of the plant contain flavonoids, coumarins, sitosterol, choline, carotene, ascorbic acid, isovaleric and other organic acids and polysaccharides.
Calendula officinalis, marigold (Calendula officinalis L.)
Calendula flower baskets contain carotenoids - carotene, rubixanthin, lycopene, citroxanthin, violoxanthin, flavochrome, flavoxanthin, etc., paraffin hydrocarbons (gentriacontan and sitosterol), resins, triterpene glycosides, mucous and bitter substances, organic acids (malic, pentadecyl, salicylic), ascorbic acid. It has a pronounced antifungal, anti-inflammatory, wound healing and antispasmodic effect when applied to the skin.
Three-part series (Bidens tripartita)
The succession herb contains essential oil, tannins and bitter substances, ascorbic acid, carotene, flavonoids, pigments, trace elements (in particular manganese). Polyphenols have a more pronounced bactericidal effect compared to less active molecules of tannins such as tannin.
It has anti-inflammatory, antifungal and wound healing effects. When applied externally, the sequence dries the wound surface and promotes faster healing of the affected skin. Burgundy extract is especially effective for the treatment of psoriasis and eczema.
Walnut (Júglans regia)
in the cores walnut contains protein (18%), sugars, drying fatty oil (up to 75%), provitamin A, vitamins C, E, P, K, group B, minerals (iron, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, calcium, cobalt, iodine, copper), tannins. Fatty oil consists of glycerides, citric, stearic, oleic, linoleic, palmitic, linolenic acids.
Most of all vitamin C is contained in the shell of unripe fruits, and in terms of its amount it is not inferior to citrus fruits, black currants and rose hips. Therefore, vitamin concentrates are prepared from the shells of unripe walnut fruits. The pericarp also contains many tannins, organic acids, coumarins, quinones, provitamin A, and a juglone dye, which has a bactericidal effect. Betasitosterol was isolated from the shell.
The shell contains phenol carboxylic acids, tannins and coumarins, while the peliculum (thin brown skin covering the fruit) contains steroids, phenol carboxylic acids, tannins and coumarins. Walnut leaves contain tannins (3-4%), glycosides, flavonoids, essential oil, juglone, inositol, carotenoids, vitamins C, B1 and P, and a lot (up to 30%) of provitamin A. May walnut leaves in terms of vitamin content C and provitamin A are not inferior to rose hips.
Decoctions and infusions of walnut leaves and fruit shells have long been used in the treatment of wounds, ulcers, boils, frostbite as a wound healing, antifungal, bactericidal and anti-inflammatory agent. With lichen, purulent rashes, abscesses and boils, eczema, seborrhea, hair loss, acne, psoriasis, dermatitis, a decoction of the leaves is used in the form of baths, washings, lotions, compresses.
Aqueous extracts from walnut leaves also have bactericidal and wound healing properties. They are used to accelerate wound healing, in the treatment of tuberculous lesions of the skin and larynx. From the pericarp of a walnut, a drug juglone is obtained, which has bactericidal properties, which was previously used for skin tuberculosis, ringworm, eczema, allergies, streptococcal and staphylococcal skin diseases. Unfortunately, it is undeservedly discontinued and is used only in veterinary medicine.
Effectively heals wounds, burns and skin lesions walnut oil. In folk medicine, it is also used in the treatment of conjunctivitis and inflammation of the middle ear.
Thyme (Thymus marschallianus)
Thyme has antiseptic, analgesic and antispasmodic properties. If we consider thyme from a scientific point of view, then in its composition you can see a lot useful properties. Thyme contains gum, organic acids, carotene, flavonoids, vitamins B and C, resins, useful bitterness, tannins, cymol and thymol.
Noble laurel (Laurus nobilis)
Laurel Noble is an evergreen tree, rarely a shrub from the laurel family. All parts of laurel contain essential laurel oil. It has been used since ancient times as a medicinal plant.
Laurel preparations have antimicrobial, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, anticonvulsant, astringent, tonic, sedative effects. Modern ethnoscience prescribes preparations from laurel: for infections, arthritis, polyarthritis, rheumatism, fungal skin diseases and muscle pain. Laurel extract is useful for sensitive and damaged skin, as well as oily, especially with acne and boils.
Sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis L.)
Contains 0.4-0.9% coumarin, coumaric acid, dicoumarol, melilotin, essential oil and mucus. Preparations from sweet clover are used as an external distraction for articular rheumatism and malignant tumors. Sweet clover is included in the composition of fees used externally as an emollient for abscesses. Coumarin depresses the central nervous system, has an anticonvulsant effect, so sweet clover preparations are used for convulsions and thrombosis of the coronary vessels.
To describe everything in detail medicinal herbs growing in the steppes and alpine meadows of the North Caucasus, which can be used in medical cosmetics is not enough whole life, therefore, we have proposed only those main ones that we currently use in the production of our own original products of NPO SaiTEK LLC. In the future, a significant expansion of the types of medicinal plant extracts used is planned.
Rare plants of the Caucasus and the Black Sea coast from medicinal to poisonous
The vegetation cover of the Caucasus is extremely diverse. The significant separation of the territory and the location of mountain ranges helped to increase the importance of the geographical and ecological isolation of lonely vegetation zones.
This explains the significant local prevalence of Caucasian vegetation and the originality of landscapes. The more ancient nature of this or that plant complex of the Caucasus. the enormous uniqueness of its composition. On the southern slope of the Western Caucasus, the profile crosses a sweeping belt of forest vegetation with luxurious evergreen shrubs and then through the thickets of subalpine crooked forests goes to high-mountain meadows.
The altitudinal zonality of Eastern Transcaucasia is characterized by a decrease in the belt of forest flora to the east due to an increase in climatic conditions. In the North Caucasus, at the bottom of the belt of the forest zone, forest-steppe groups are developed, changing on the plains into the steppe, and in some areas - into the semi-desert. In terms of the number of species, the flora of the Caucasus is approximately one and a half times more prosperous than the nature of the European part of Russia and is immensely insignificantly inferior to the vegetation of the Balkans and the Iberian Peninsula.
The flora of the Caucasus defies all comparison and variety of species.
Vegetation of the Caucasus
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Vegetation of the Caucasus
The vegetation of the Caucasus is distinguished by the richness of species composition and the diversity of plant communities. The reason for this is the diversity of physical and geographical conditions, the complexity of the history of landscape formation.
In total, there are about 6,500 plant species in the Caucasus. Whereas in the much larger territory of the European part of Russia there are only about 3500 species.
Only evergreen forests are missing. Factors: the evolution of the ancient flora, the introduction of immigrants and their transformation, settlement and formation in accordance with modern conditions.
Woody vegetation is represented by deciduous and coniferous (in the mountains) species. In the lower belt of mountains around Colchis - Colchis forests - beech, oak, hornbeam, chestnut, ash, relics - hop hornbeam, plane tree and creepers - cherry laurel, holly.
The Hyrcanian forests on the eastern slope of the Talysh Mountains are similar to the previous ones, but there is also a chestnut-leaved oak, an iron tree, a silk acacia, and a majestic maple.
Moisture-loving species (beech, fir) gravitate towards the more humid West; to the east, dominance passes to drought-resistant (oak, pine), arid woodlands of deciduous (pistachio) and coniferous (juniper).
In the Western and Middle Ciscaucasia, steppes previously dominated, now almost entirely plowed; The Tersko-Kuma lowland is occupied mainly by semi-desert vegetation.
Within the Greater Caucasus, altitudinal zonality of vegetation cover is observed, and the forest zone and the zone of alpine vegetation - subalpine and alpine meadows - are especially widespread. Relic deciduous forests with evergreen undergrowth grow on the slopes bordering the Colchis lowland.
The Colchis lowland itself was in the past covered with forests of the Colchis type with relict plants (now these forests are almost exterminated), among which there were also massifs of marshy alder forests, largely preserved. emerging on the site of arid woodlands). The mountains of Talysh are covered with forests, in the lower mountain belt relic, Talysh, or Hyrkanian, type.
On the northern and northeastern slopes of the ridges of the Lesser Caucasus, the mountain-forest zone is also most pronounced, below which, in the middle and eastern parts of the mountain system, a belt of shrubs such as shilyak extends; mountain-meadow subalpine and alpine vegetation is widespread on the crests of the ridges.
On the Javakheti-Armenian highland, mountain-steppe vegetation dominates, and in the most high areas- high-mountain (mountain-meadow) Middle Araks basin is occupied by dry steppes and semi-desert; this is the lower altitudinal zone of the continental highlands.
The mountain meadows of the Greater Caucasus and the Transcaucasian Highlands are valuable pasture and hay lands.
Huge expanses of dry steppes and semi-deserts of the Terek-Kuma and Kura-Araks lowlands are also used as pastures. The forests of the Greater and Lesser Caucasus and Talysh serve not only as a source of various timber, but their water protection and anti-erosion role is no less important. In the wild flora of the Caucasus there are many fruit trees and shrubs, valuable technical, medicinal and ornamental plants.
Shrubs play a significant role. Formation is associated with the ice age.
Steppe areas are represented by feather grass. Significant areas are occupied by meadow vegetation (clearings in the lower and mid-mountain forest belts, extended sections of river valleys and areas not plowed, within the lowlands of Transcaucasia). In the subalpine and alpine belts, meadows become zonal.
Many plants brought to the Caucasus from other countries have acclimatized here and are now an integral element of the landscape.
The vegetation cover in the subtropical regions of Transcaucasia has been greatly transformed. Intensive work is underway to promote subtropical plants to the north and to the mountains.
Cultivated plants of the Caucasus
The most important cultivated plants of the Caucasian subtropics are the tea bush and tangerines.
Tea plantations consist of many low bushes, almost closely adjacent to one another.
These plantations are like a dark green sea with many rounded waves.
Top poisonous plants of the North Caucasus
Appearance plantations does not change throughout the year, as the tea bush is an evergreen plant. In the spring, in May, the harvest begins. Collect only young tender shoots, which are called flushes. The birthplace of the tea bush is Southeast Asia. From here it was brought to our subtropics and took root well here. Now the area of tea plantations on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus exceeds 70 thousand hectares.
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Tangerines are a valuable fruit crop, but quite sensitive to cold (plants die at -12°C). Tangerine gardens are common in the warmest regions of the Caucasian subtropics - mainly between Sukhumi and Batumi. The trees in such gardens are low, with wide, always green crowns.
The fruits ripen in late autumn, in November. At this time, they stand out beautifully with their orange color against the background of dark foliage. It is in November that tangerines are usually harvested. Each fruit is carefully cut with special scissors, leaving a very short piece of the stem on it.
Where there is almost no land for plants to live comfortably, there are many charming flowers. The wild gifts of the mountains are unique and enchanting - mountain flowers! They bloom even in extreme climates, high in the mountains.
Features of these plants
Nothing prevents them, they bloom, despite the presence of extreme conditions:
- low temperatures, often here;
- strong winds blowing on bare rocks;
- a lot of seasonal rainfall;
- thick covers of snow;
- lack of soil cover.
Plants have long been admired by people: wild mountain, forest, field. Snow cover the mountains tightly. This is protection from harsh winters. This happens until the sun's rays help the snow melt.
The name of mountain flowers is not known to everyone. For example, stonecrop with fleshy leaves. It is a flower resistant to harsh winter and summer lack of water. Some of the mountain flowers do not wait for spring, they begin to wake up along with the melting snows. This is how tiny soldanella grows. Her spike-shaped inflorescence grows alone. The plant is small, has purple-pink flowers. It grows in contrast to the austere surroundings. Almost at the same time, insects appear that pollinate mountain flowers. The snow is slowly disappearing, the leaves of the plant are gradually coming out. At this time, the flower sets seeds, forms leaves, but for the next year.
The most common mountain flowers
Saxifrage - the destroyer of rocks. It can grow directly from a monolithic rock. Forms rosettes or pillows, standing out of intertwined leaves. Of these, flowers grow, located on spike-shaped inflorescences. They are very long, even hanging down. The roots of saxifrage grow in the form of branches. Their small weight serves as an anchor, they penetrate deep into the crevices of the mountains in search of water. They are so adapted to live on bare rocks that they simply do not grow in other places.
The saxifrages are protected from animals by rocks. Herbivores just can't get to them. Plants are popular, can grow even at home. True, they are not so saturated and spreading indoors, with thin shoots. Gardeners have not bypassed them either, they are used for different compositions when arranging. Plants are freely cultivated, do not require much care.
Flowers of mountain ledges
Various herbs and ferns grow in these places. On the narrow ledges of rocks one can meet annual and frost-resistant mosses. They do not require a lot of soil and nutrients. They grow and multiply, protected from the animal world of the mountains. After a while, some plants with flowers are replaced by others.
But spring comes, the rocky ledges begin to be covered with a multitude. As they grow, organic matter is formed - humus. It is very dense, under the influence of rains it can compact, then collapse to the foot of the cliff. This is where flowers survive and grow. The foot of the rocks is covered with annual mountain flowers, frost-resistant and multi-colored.
edelweiss mountain dweller
A rare mountain flower called edelweiss is a sign of fidelity, love. He is very unusual. The Italians say that this is a silver flower. For the inhabitants of France, this is the star of the Alps. Like all mountain flowers, he loves the sun's rays. It grows in the snow, at the very edge of high mountains.
Not every person can see it, let alone rip it off. This is a rare plant, only those who have love in their hearts can find it. How skillful you have to be to reach him, and how strong. But the one who loves unforgettably will achieve his goal. But he must also be adored. Only mountains do not lend themselves to every person, especially their top.
Since ancient times, many would like to get edelweiss. Moreover, there were many of them, but the plant remained inaccessible. This led to his complete disappearance. Already in the 19th century, it was noted that the flower is becoming rarer and rarer. It was believed that only a few dozen copies remained. Edelweiss came to complete extinction. Now this flower is growing, but you can meet it only occasionally. Breaking it is strictly prohibited. To preserve rare plants that may never appear on earth if their last species disappears, people have provided for measures, for example, fines.
Flowers of the Canary Islands
There is Mount Teide, which is strewn with many flowers. Many of them are not found anywhere else in the world. These are local mountain flowers.
For example, the bruise of Echium wildprettii. It is quite large, when growing up it throws out long inflorescences in the form of spikelets. They have tiny petals that attract insects for pollination.
Chinese mouseflower
There is an unpleasant flower, although it is created by nature. We have become accustomed to the fact that nature almost always creates beautiful, extraordinary things. If you look at it closely, then it looks like a bat, but only with closed petals. Its ornate tentacles reach almost 40 cm, they look like snakes with black color to people. At the sight of him, a person is horrified, disgusted. Because of this, it is rarely grown even by brave flower growers. The appearance of the plant does not please anyone.
Such different mountain flowers. Names, their features can be seen in numerous photos. These plants are colorful and charming.
