Welwitschia (large print)
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- Synopsis
- This is an image, seen from the side, of a Welwitschia. It is a gymnosperm these are plants with cones, for example conifers. It is native only to the Nabib desert in Namibia and Angola and has no close relatives. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The image has a dashed line image border.There is a cross section through desert soil stretching across the bottom quarter of the page.The plans roots branch out left and right through the soil from its very short woody stem in the bottom right of the page.Above this the image of the plant stretches across the bottom part of the page.It only has two twisted strap-like leaves throughout its life. They extend to the left and right from its stem. The leaf to the right extends beyond the image border. The leaves have two different textures (colours in Large Print). A lined texture (light green/brown) represents the top surface of the leaves and a fine dotted texture (dark green) the underside of the leaves. The twisted form of the leaves means that sections of both their top surfaces and the undersides can be found. These leave continue to grow throughout the plans life, becoming brown and frayed at their ends, and forming a tangled mass covering several square metres.The plant absorbs most of the water it needs through its leaves from the mists rolling in from the sea.The Welwitschia can live for more than 2000 years
- Copyright:
- 2011
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Publisher:
- RNIB
- Date of Addition:
- 05/26/17
- Copyrighted By:
- RNIB
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Home and Garden, Earth Sciences
- Submitted By:
- Caroline Walker
- Proofread By:
- N/A
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.