Stamp of LATVIA 2024 - EUROPA - Underwater fauna & flora (2 stamps)

Description: Stamp of LATVIA 2024 - EUROPA - Underwater fauna & flora - The brown trout & The slender naiad. (2 stamps) Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE The brown trout (salmo trutta) is a common and widely distributed member of the salmonidae family that gets its name from the yellow-orange-olive-brown sides, which are underneath dozens of black, brown, and red spots and iridescent cheeks. They are popular gamefish and can be found worldwide. Identification: An aquatic species, usually permanently submerged in freshwater deeper than 1 meter but shallower than 5 meters. It is a delicate, much branched, hairless annual to 30cms. Leaves are unstalked, opposite or whorled with a sheathing base, to 25mm long, narrow, linear. Leaves are sparsely toothed or not at all. Male and female flowers are separate on the same plant. No sepals or petals. Flowers are in leaf axils, the male protected by a bract or spathe until pollination. Male flowers have one unstalked anther. Female flowers have one carpel. The fruit is an unstalked drupe. Habitat: Lit areas of clear, lowland, freshwater lakes of circum-neutral pH. Usually in water deeper than 1 meter, shallower than 5 meters on substrate from mud to fine sand. Najas flexilis appears to have quite specific requirements with regard to pH, alkalinity, calcium and phosphate, as well as turbidity and depth. Shipping and handling: International regular mail - 3.50$ Registered mail is 8.50$ Combined shipping available - NO extra charge for additional stamps/ FDCs.

Price: 4.99 USD

Location: TARTU

End Time: 2024-09-26T12:30:24.000Z

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