Flora and fauna of Algeciras

Marta Herola , Natalia Barberán y Marina García 2ºA

The Natural Park of the Acorns

The Natural Park of the Acorns as it passes through the town of Algeciras, is the ideal place for nature-related activities. There are several routes to make and are the perfect excuse to see the heart of the enclave.

¡FLORA !

Flora:Is the set of plant species can be found in a geographic region that are characteristic of a geological period or living in a particular ecosystem.There are several types of flowers:

Daisy :The daisy is a perennial that blooms almost all year round and can reach 70 to 90 cm in height. It has long leaves and medium green and grow to form large clumps coming. Its flowers are large, with white petals and yellow center.

Fern :The Ferns are plant that do not flower and therefore do not have seeds, but produce spores for propagation in the bottom of some leaves.

Rose:Rose is formed by a known group of thorny bushes and flowering senior representatives of the family Rosaceae. Rose called the flower of the members of this genus and rose to the plant.

Silk Flower :silk flower has many petals of different colors, usually

are orange

creek :are plants from South Africa where they grow

spontaneously in the swamps.The Creek can reach five feet in height.

mushroom: Usually grow in the moisture that provides the shade of the trees, but also in any wet environment and in low light. Some species are edible and some are poisonousolive :longevity, which can reach up to 15 m tall, with thick

trunk and broad crownThe blood of Christ:It is a species of flowering plant, is a

herbaceous species all her something fleshy green or red.

crenata broomrape :Plant 30-85 cm, has white colored petals, blooms from April to May

¡ FAUNA !

The common frog is an amphibian anuran family Ranidae. Frog is a medium to large, and may reach 11 cm in length in females, but rarely exceed 8 cm. It has a green and brown color very variable, with black spots, with a lighter green vertebral line and without the characteristic temporary stain brown frogs. The belly is grayish.

It is called conch shell to several medium-sized snails belonging to several species.The real shells are marine

gastropod mollusks of the genus Strombus (Strombidae family), but the name is applied to the shells of snails of other species that have both ends pointed, ie with high turns and a remarkable siphonal canal . . .

Mantis is a genus of insects of the family mantodeos Mantidae including mantis, one of the most popular and frequent mantodeos Europe. The mantis is an insect predator strong, but not poisonous. The praying mantis can catch mice, butterflies, zebra finches, frogs, coral snakes and other insects and animals that live in swamps and ponds. 

The anisópteros are known by the common name of dragonflies, although this term is somewhat vague, often used also in a broader sense to designate all odonatos.Son paleópteros, ie insects can not fold their wings over the abdomen . They eat mosquitoes and other small insects like flies, bees, butterflies and moths.

Lepidoptera butterflies are an order of holometabolous insects commonly known as butterflies, the best known are the butterflies, but most species are nocturnal (moths, sphinxes, peacocks, etc..) and go very unnoticed. Their larvae are called caterpillars typically feed on vegetable matter, which can be important pests in agriculture.

The scalopendra are an order of millipedes centipedes Chilopoda which includes numerous species and other commonly known as similar to those litobiomorfos

ciempiés.

Zerynthia is a genus of moths of the family Papilionidae day, subfamily Parnassiinae, typical of the western Palearcticregion.

Stick mantis It's kind hard to maintain, require much space, especially in the last silent due to its large size, the recipient must be a minimum of 25 cm high by 20cm wide and long, we decorate with branches to be more comfortable and able to climb. The container should be well ventilated, preferably on the sides and drill as mesh lid. 

Ophrys apifera var. apifera During the summer these orchids are dormant underground tuber and a bulb, which serves as a food reserve. In late summer-autumn develops a rosette of leaves. Also a new tuber starts to grow and mature until the following spring, the old tuber dies slowly. Next spring the flower stalk begins to develop, and during flowering and the leaves begin to wilt.

Tomato or sea anemones are normally maintained equine in aquariums as substitutes for anemones, however there is a kinship between the genders, to stay on fish species of the genus Amphiprion.The anemones belong to the family of actinides inside the class and type Anthozoo Cnidarians.Although there is a tropical species is perfectly adapted to the conditions of temperature and salinity .