Devínska Kobyla ( Slovak pronunciation: [ˈɟeʋiːnska ˈkɔbila] ; Hungarian : Dévényi-tető ; German : Thebener Kogel ) is the highest peak in the Devín Carpathians , part of the Little Carpathians mountain range, and the highest point of Bratislava , the capital of Slovakia . It is located between the boroughs of Devínska Nová Ves , Devín and Dúbravka , close to the border with Austria . Its peak elevation is 514 m (1686.3 ft) AMSL and its treeless summit contains an abandoned military missile base ( Slovak : Rádiotechnická hláska protivzdušnej obrany štátu ) that is officially inaccessible to the public.
9-564: Part of southern slopes of the massif has been a national natural reserve since 1965, featuring unique xerothermic forest-steppe flora and fauna with a total protected area of 101 hectares . From the flat top, a view opens of Bratislava , Austria , Hungary , the Danube and the Morava river. Hiking trails do not lead to the summit but instead to an accessible point with partial view underneath. Devínska Kobyla and its surroundings are one of
18-531: A certain region. It mainly describes medicinal plants growing in Denmark. The Flora Sinensis by the Polish Jesuit Michał Boym is another early example of a book titled "Flora". However, despite its title it covered not only plants but also some animals of the region, that is China and India. A published flora often contains diagnostic keys. Often these are dichotomous keys , which require
27-413: A publication also known as a " flora " (often capitalized as "Flora" to distinguish the two meanings when they might be confused). Floras may require specialist botanical knowledge to use with any effectiveness. Traditionally they are books , but some are now published on CD-ROM or websites . Simon Paulli 's Flora Danica of 1648 is probably the first book titled "Flora" to refer to the plant world of
36-520: Is funga . Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora as in the terms gut flora or skin flora . The word "flora" comes from the Latin name of Flora , the goddess of plants , flowers , and fertility in Roman mythology . The technical term "flora" is then derived from a metonymy of this goddess at the end of the sixteenth century. It was first used in poetry to denote
45-427: Is estimated to be between 14 and 16 million years old. 48°11′26″N 16°59′45″E / 48.19056°N 16.99583°E / 48.19056; 16.99583 Flora Flora ( pl. : floras or florae ) is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring ( indigenous ) native plants. The corresponding term for animals is fauna , and for fungi , it
54-571: The four divisions of Devín Carpathians , part of Little Carpathians , itself part of the Carpathian Mountains . The small area contains 234 species of identified mushrooms , 110 species of identified lichens , 100 species of identified moss , and 1,110 species of identified higher or vascular plants . The southern and south-western slopes of the mountain at the western edge of Bratislava provide ideal living conditions for xerothermic forest-steppe flora and fauna . The woods on
63-401: The natural vegetation of an area, but soon also assumed the meaning of a work cataloguing such vegetation. Moreover, "Flora" was used to refer to the flowers of an artificial garden in the seventeenth century. The distinction between vegetation (the general appearance of a community) and flora (the taxonomic composition of a community) was first made by Jules Thurmann (1849). Prior to this,
72-529: The south-western slopes are the remains of the original oak forest. There is a four-kilometer instructive path that leads through Devínska Kobyla, with one significant area called Sandberg . This is one of the most important palaeontological localities in Slovakia . The yellow faces of the old sandpit has remnants of rocks of the tertiary sea with horizontally deposited layers, and there are still fossils of sea fauna to be found there. The age of these rocks
81-412: The two terms were used interchangeably. Plants are grouped into floras based on region ( floristic regions ), period, special environment, or climate. Regions can be distinct habitats like mountain vs. flatland. Floras can mean plant life of a historic era as in fossil flora . Lastly, floras may be subdivided by special environments: The flora of a particular area or time period can be documented in
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