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Berberis-cretica_5

            Berberis cretica L.
Cretan Barberry, DE: Kretische Berberize
Slo.: kretiški češmin

Dat.: April 26. 2016
Lat.: 35.36129  Long.: 23.90723
Code: Bot_951/2016_DSC1714

Habitat: light mountain cypresses woodland (Cupressus sempervirens), north oriented mountain slope, locally almost flat terrain; calcareous, rocky, skeletal ground; full sun; elevation 1.030 m (3.400 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C (estimated ?), Mediterranean phytogeographical region. 

Substratum: soil.

Place: Northwest slopes of White Mountains, north of Omalos plateau, next to the road from Omalos village to  north shore of the island, somewhat lower after the highest point of the road; West Crete, Mediterranean Sea, Greece EU. 

Comment: Berberis cretica is a beautiful plant when in bloom, however adversely spiny. Its three-partite long and sturdy spines are dense and very sharp so it is impossible to brake off a single small branch with bare hands. This is, of cause, an efficient defense against grazing goats, which have radically changed Cretan flora through last millennia. Most of plants of Phrygana, specific Greek type of Garrigue (an open community of dwarf evergreen shrubs) are thorny.

Berberis cretica is limited to high mountains of Crete, Rhodes, south Greece and Turkey. Contrary to our central European Common Barberry (Berberis vulgaris), which has vividly red berries, it has dark blue, almost black berries.

Ref.:
(1) I. Schӧnfelder, P. Schӧnfelder, Kosmos Atlas Mittelmeer- und Kanarenflora, Kosmos, (2002), p 48.
(2) V. Papiomytoglou, Wildblumen aus Friechenland, Mediterrane Editions (2006), p 24.

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Taken on: April 26, 2016

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Camera: Canon PowerShot G11, f/7.1, 1/160 sec, 6.1mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon PowerShot G11
Lens:	6.1-30.5 mm
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.006 sec (1/160)
Focal Length:	6.1mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-1/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 Windows
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