Wild herds of elephants can be observed in several areas, particularly in such renowned national parks as Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary, in Kerala, and Bandipur, in Karnataka. The Indian rhinoceros is protected at Kaziranga National Park and Manas Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam. In 1993, his mother died. The day after her death, Mabey took a walk on one of his regular routes and thought, “My God, I haven’t got to go home. And I remember feeling fantastic shame about it. People who’ve been, however marginally, a carer, have very complicated emotions when they are released.” Dandelions love outdoor sun and will close up and die if cut and put in a vase. The flowers close up on cold and cloudy days. A cross the garden, Polly is putting out lunch, with three brightly coloured blankets for the knees. Did it feel like a different kind of falling in love, with her? the Garden Tiger moth used to be common in gardens – now it’s rarely seen. It’s ‘caterpillar’ eats Dandelions. (Photo credit Temple of Mara Creative Commons)

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Reptiles are well represented in India. Crocodiles inhabit the country’s rivers, swamps, and lakes. The estuarine crocodile ( Crocodilus porosus)—once attaining a maximum length of 30 feet (9 metres), though specimens exceeding 20 feet (6 metres) are now rare—usually lives on the fish, birds, and crabs of muddy deltaic regions. The long-snouted gavial, or gharial ( Gavialis gangeticus), a species similar to the crocodile, is endemic to northern India; it is found in a number of large rivers, including the Ganges and Brahmaputra and their tributaries. Of the nearly 400 species of snakes, one-fifth are venomous. Kraits and cobras are particularly widespread venomous species. King cobras often grow to at least 12 feet (3.6 metres) long. The Indian python frequents marshy areas and grasslands. Lizards also are widespread, and turtles are found throughout India, especially along the eastern coast. Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). Flora definition & meaning. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved April 26, 2022, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flora#synonymsThe Great Himalayas have notable fauna that includes wild sheep and goats, markhor ( Capra falconeri), and ibex. Lesser pandas and snow leopards are also found in the upper reaches of the mountains. Pteridophyta flora: An example of this type is Salvinia natans. This species is a non-seed flora, meaning it does not produce seed but spores under its leaves, which the winds take from one plant to another over long distances. Additionally, there is another classification depending on the original land of the plants; native flora and non-native flora. A Small Tortoiseshell butterfly feeding on a Dandelion. This butterfly needs help – it is in rapid decline. (Photo courtesy of @CreweCitizen)

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The couple moved to a friend’s house nearby, before taking on the farmhouse. Mabey recorded his return to health, and his psychological shift from one landscape to another, in Nature Cure – a book he describes as a “coming of age story, rather late in life”.Tropical Rainforest Plant List, Information, Pictures and Facts. Wild. (2019, May 2). Retrieved April 29, 2022, from https://www.activewild.com/tropical-rainforest-plants-list/ Tropical evergreen and mixed evergreen-deciduous forests generally occupy areas with more than 80 inches (2,000 mm) of rainfall per year, mainly in upper Assam, the Western Ghats (especially in Kerala), parts of Odisha, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Common trees in those tall multistoried forests include species of Mesua, Toona ciliata, Hopea, and Eugenia, as well as gurjun ( Dipterocarpus turbinatus), which grows to heights exceeding 165 feet (50 metres) on the Andaman Islands and in Assam. The mixed evergreen-deciduous forests of Kerala and the Bengal Himalayas have a large variety of commercially valuable hardwood trees, of which Lagerstroemia lanceolata, East Indian, or Malabar, kino ( Pterocarpus marsupium), and rosewood ( Dalbergia latifolia) are well known. Non-native or urban flora includes plants being planted by humans in a wild or civilized environment.