The Environment Chronicle
Notable environmental events
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Perennial herb of the year is the Sedum.
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Fish of the Year 2000 is the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).
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Vegetable of the Year 2000: Garden orache (Atriplex hortensis L.)
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Insect of the Year 2000 is the green rose chafer (Cetonia aurata).
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Orchid of the Year: Red Helleborine (Cephalanthera rubra)
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Fluvial Topography of the Year 2000 / 2001 is the Gottleuba, a left tributary of the Elbe in Saxony.
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Tree of the Year 2000 is the Silver Birch (Betula pendula).
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Animal of the Year 2000 is the Aesculapian snake (Elaphe longissima).
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Biotope of the Year: River
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Bird of the Year 2000 is the Red Kite (Milvus milvus).
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Fungus of the Year 2000 is the Amanita regalis commonly known as the royal fly agaric or the king of Sweden Amanita.
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Fungus of the Year 1999 is the Devil's bolete or Satan's mushroom (Boletus satanas).
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Flower of the Year 1999 is the Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris).
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Tree of the Year 1999 is the White willow (Salix alba).
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Fish of the Year: Houting (Coregonus oxyrhynchus)
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Insect of the Year is organised by Deutsches Entomologisches Institut; Bundesverband Deutsche Ameisenschutzwarte e.V.; Deutsche Gesellschaft für allgemeine und angewandte Entomologie; Entomofaunistische Gesellschaft; Förderkreis Waldschule e.V. Eberswalde; Landesforstanstalt Eberswalde; Landesverband für Obstbau, Garten und Landschaft Baden-Württemberg, Kreisverband Heidelberg; Münchner Entomologische Gesellschaft; Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Sparkasse Barnim; Insekt des Jahres Österreich; Österreichische Entomologische Gesellschaft Naturschutzbund Österreich; Institut für Naturschutz; Insekt des Jahres Schweiz
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Insect of the Year 1999 is the Green lacewing (Chrysoperla carnea).
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Landscape of the Year: the Bohemian woods.
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Orchid of the Year 1999: Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum).
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Bird of the Year 1999 is the Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella).
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Animal of the Year: Otter (Lutra lutra)
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Medicinal Plant of the Year 1999 is the Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum).
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Animal of the Year: Fire-bellied, yellow-bellied toads (Bombina bombina, Bombina variegata)
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Flower of the Year 1998 is the Water soldier (Stratiotes aloides).
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Vegetable of the Year 1998 / 1999: Broad bean or Fava bean (Vicia faba)
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Bird of the Year 1998 is the Skylark (Alauda arvensis).
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Biotope of the Year: Orchard
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Tree of the Year 1998 is the Wild pear (Pyrus pyraster).
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Fungus of the Year 1998 is the Gomphus clavatus. It is commonly known as pig's ears. Other common names for this species include clustered chanterelle and violet chanterelle.
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Orchid of the Year: March hellenorine (Epipactis palustris)
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Fish of the Year: Blageon (Leuciscus souffia)
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Fungus of the Year 1997 is the Charcoal burner (Russula cyanoxantha).
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Flower of the Year 1997 is the Stemless carline thistle (Carlina acaulis).
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Bird of the Year 1997 is the Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major).
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Tree of the Year is the Mountain Ash (Sorbus aucuparia).
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Fish of the Year: Grayling (Thymallus vulgaris)
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Animal of the Year: Alpine ibex (Capra ibex)
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Orchid of the Year: Bug orchid (Orchis coriophora)
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Landscape of the Year: the Maas.
