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Sur présentation de votre billet Conservatoire botanique, rares et préservés vous bénéficiez d’une réduction à Océanopolis. Avec le partenariat de : 3O HECTARES DE JARDIN BEFORE THE ENTRANCE OF THE GARDEN GUNNERAS AND TREE FERNS Giant Sequoia 01 Sequoiadendron giganteum • Taxodiaceae family 06 Gunnera manicata Gunneraceae family Giant Sequoia, 90 m high, cannot compete with Sequoia sempervirens’ height records Gunnera manicata is a plant indigenous to southern Brazil. When cultivated next to water, its (120m in its original habitat). We may observe that 100 sequoia seeds weigh less than leaf development can become spectacular. Towards the end of autumn, Gunnera leaves are 1g. Giant Sequoias are trees that only grow in the wild on the Sierra Nevada foothills in cut then placed on the rhizome in order to protect buds from winter harshness. As nice weather California, USA, where they are relatively rare. The name Sequoia is a tribute to Indian returns, the plant will produce new leaves that so beautifully adorn the banks of our ponds. chief See-Quayah (1770-1843) from the Cherokee tribe. PROTECTED PLANTS OF THE ARMORICAN MASSIF BAMBOOS 02 Lax-Flowered Sea-Lavender 07 Bamboos Limonium humile • Plumbaginaceae family Poaceae family This small perennial plant produces modest flowering and is mainly found in Northern Bamboos are Gramineae plants (like wheat) ranging from a few dozen centimetres to over Europe. In France, this plant is considered extremely worrying by botanists. The only 25 m high in the case of Phyllostachys pubescens. There are 70 bamboo genera, i.e. one populations recorded in France are in the unique location of Brest’s harbour. They are thousand species. Some bamboos can become acclimatised in our region, provided they highly threatened by a Gramineae plant introduced in the early 20th century (Spartina are grown on cool rich land. Bamboos are plants that are widely used in horticulture, as alterniflora), which unrelentingly invades the salt marshes where this Limonium grows. building material, to manufacture utensils, clothing, and in the food industry. AQUATIC AND POND-SIDE PLANTS PALM TREES AND PLANTS FROM SOUTH AMERICA 03 Bald Cypress 08 Palm Trees Taxodium distichum • Taxodiaceae family Arecaceae family In the wild, Bald Cypress grows in marshes in south-eastern USA.
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