Steps taken to protect the unique fossil remains at the Lesvos Petrified Forest Geopark from grazing have helped create another valuable resource to draw visitors – a protected habitat for a rich variety of endemic plant life, including the rare endemic orchid Ophrys lesbis, which is found only on the island and nearby Chios, ANA reports
The fencing about the Bali Alonia location has turned the spot into a real botanical paradise, as a wide variety of wild local plants go into bloom, around the massive fossilised tree trunks of sequoia and pine that date back 18 million years.
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