Cornwall's mild and warm climate regulated by the Gulf Stream provides rich plant cover, such as palm trees in the far south and west of the county and in the Isles of Scilly, as a result of its sub-tropical climate in the summer. Trebah is a 26 acre sub-tropical Garden situated in Cornwall near Glendurgan Garden and above the Helford River Cornwall ( Kernow ˈkɛɹnɔʊ is the most southwesterly county of England, on the Peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar The Gulf Stream, together with its northern extension towards Europe the North Atlantic Drift, is a powerful warm and swift Atlantic Ocean current that Arecaceae or Palmae (also known by the name Palmaceae, which is taxonomically invalid or commonly palm tree) the palm family is a family of Flowering The subtropics are the zones of the Earth immediately north and south of the tropic zone which is bounded by the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of The moors and high ground areas, as a result of the high latitude making tree cover impossible because of the wind, are populated by shrubs and bushes such as Gorse and heather. Wind is the flow of Air or other Gases that compose an Atmosphere (including but not limited to the Earth's) A shrub or Bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of Woody plant, distinguished from a Tree Gorse ( Ulex) comprises a Genus of about 20 species of Evergreen Shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Calluna vulgaris (also known as Ling is the sole species in the Genus Calluna in the family Ericaceae. Ferns, mosses, liverworts, lichens and fungi can be found across the county. A fern is any one of a group of about 20000 Species of Plants classified in the phylum or division Pteridophyta, also known as Filicophyta Mosses are small soft Plants that are typically 1–10 cm (0 The Marchantiophyta are a division of Bryophyte Plants commonly referred to as hepatics or liverworts. Lichens (ˈlaɪkən or /lɪtʃən/ are symbiotic associations of a Fungus (the mycobiont with a photosynthetic partner (the photobiont also known as A fungus (ˈfʌŋgəs is a eukaryotic Organism that is a member of the kingdom Fungi (ˈfʌndʒaɪ In the wettest areas of Bodmin Moor, sphagnum or bog moss can be found. Bodmin Moor ( Cornish: Goen Bren) is a Granite Moorland in northeastern Cornwall, UK, 208 km² (80 sq mile in size dating Sphagnum is a Genus of between 151-350 species of Mosses commonly called peat moss, due to its prevalence in Peat bogs A bog or mire is a Wetland type that accumulates Acidic Peat, a deposit of dead plant material &ndash usually Mosses but also Cornwall contains many rare flower species, especially at the southern end of the Lizard, due to its unique soil and geology. The Lizard is a Peninsula of Cornwall, and contains the most southerly point of mainland Cornwall and of the island Great Britain, Lizard The Geology of The Lizard, Cornwall in the United Kingdom has been the subject of much study On the peninsula, Cornish heath, mesembryanthemums, butcher's broom, early meadow grass and a wide range of clovers including the lizard clover, brookweed and yellow wallpepper can be found. The Cornish heath ( Erica vagans) is a Species of heath that bears pink Flowers and mid-green Foliage. Mesembryanthemum (meaning "midday flowering" is a Genus of Plants native to southern Africa. Butcher's broom Ruscus aculeatus, Ruscaceae, formerly in Liliaceae) is a low Evergreen Eurasian Shrub of the Lily Poa is a Genus of about 500 Species of grasses native to the temperate regions of both hemispheres Alsike redirects here Alsike Sweden is also a town in the Knivsta Municipality, Sweden. Samolus ( Brookweed, or water pimpernel) is a nearly Cosmopolitan genus of about a dozen species of water-loving herbs The north coast features maritime grassland, heathland and stunted woodland. Grasslands (also called greenswards) are areas where the Vegetation is dominated by Grasses ( Poaceae) and other Herbaceous (non-woody Heaths are Shrubland habitats characterised by open low growing woody Vegetation, found on mainly infertile Acidic soils Ecologically a woodland is an area covered in trees differentiated from a Forest.
The county's coastal waters are home to large populations of seals, while porpoises, whales and sharks are not uncommon. Porpoises are Small Cetaceans of the Family Phocoenidae; they are related to Whales and Dolphins They are distinct from dolphins Whales are marine mammals which are neither Dolphins (ie members of the families Delphinidae or Platanistoidae) nor Porpoises Orcas St Ives recently hit the headlines after a reported sighting of a Great White Shark. St Ives (Porth Ia is a seaside town, Civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom The great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, also known as white pointer, white shark, or white death, is an exceptionally large lamniform [1] The tidal estuaries along the coasts contain large numbers of wading birds, while marshland bird species frequently settle in the bogs and mires inland. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open Waders, called shorebirds in North America (where "wader" is used to refer to long-legged wading Birds such as Storks and In Geography, a marsh, or morass, is a type of Wetland which is subject A bog or mire is a Wetland type that accumulates Acidic Peat, a deposit of dead plant material &ndash usually Mosses but also A bog or mire is a Wetland type that accumulates Acidic Peat, a deposit of dead plant material &ndash usually Mosses but also Bodmin Moor is a breeding ground for species such as lapwing, snipe and curlew. Vanellinae are a Subfamily of medium-sized wading Birds belonging to the family Charadriidae, which also includes the Plovers A snipe is any of nearly 20 wading bird species in three genera in the family Scolopacidae. For alternative meanings of Numenius see Numenius (disambiguation. On and around the rivers, sand martins and kingfishers are often seen, while after a decline in the 1960s and 70s, otters have been returning in large numbers. The Sand Martin ( Riparia riparia) is a migratory Passerine Bird in the Swallow family Kingfishers are small bright colored Birds of the three families Alcedinidae ( River kingfishers, Halcyonidae ( Tree kingfishers, and Cerylidae ( Water Otters are semi- aquatic (or in one case aquatic) fish-eating Mammals The otter subfamily Lutrinae forms part of the family Bude Canal offers an ideal habitat for water voles, although the population is declining because of habitat degradation and pollution, like in other parts of the country. The Bude Canal was a Canal built to serve the hilly hinterland in the Devon and Cornwall border territory in the United Kingdom, chiefly This article deals with the European Water Vole For the article concerning the American species known as Water Vole see Water Vole (North America The Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability disorder harm or discomfort to the physical systems or living organisms they are in
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