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COST OF PLANTS' RARITY For permanent resident of Latvia
Average wage in Republic of Latvia per month ........................................................... £226.73 Minimum wage in Republic of Latvia per month ....................................................... £158.58 Average income in the United Kingdom per month ..................................................... £1 900 Minimum wage in the United Kingdom per month ................................................ £1 030.32 Official unemployment rate in Latvia ............................................................................... 19.5% Unofficial unemployment rate in Latvia .............................................................................. 47% Official unemployment rate in the United Kingdom ........................................................ 7.7% Rate of Latvian residents working outside Latvia on low-wage jobs ............................ ~50%
Average food prices Meat — EUR 6/kg; frankfurters, sausages — EUR 5/kg; chicken — EUR 4.5/kg; cheese — EUR 6 –15/kg; milk — EUR 1/litre; bread — EUR 0.5 –1; potatoes — EUR 0.5/ kg; beer price in shops — EUR 1 –2/500 ml). An average restaurant meal costs between EUR 7 and EUR 30. The price of electricity is LVL 7.10/100 kWh (EUR 10.10/100kwh), while the average price per litre of fuel is LVL 0.75 (EUR 1.06). 30 – 40% of the average monthly wage is spent on rent and utility payments. Average consumer prices in Latvia do not differ significantly from average prices in other European countries.
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It is impossible for 1∕2 of Latvian permanent residents to go abroad.
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VISCUM ALBUM Baltais āmulis / Mistletoe
Very rare. Mostly in two vicinities in SW and SE part. Solitarily specimens and groups on deciduous trees: mostly maple, apple, poplar and lime.
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Illustration: “Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen” 1796
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PA ST 10 000 BC – 19TH CENTURY West and south of Latvia 56°74’06’74”N 21°07’17’77”W and 56°25’09’8”N, 25°22,46,09”W
MANY YE AR S AGO
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Baltic Sea
Estonia
Daugava
Latvia
Lithuania
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PRESENT 10 000 BC – NOWADAYS Malmö, Scania, Sweden 55°35′N 13°02′E
25/10/2010 – 26/10/2010
• Train, Daugavpils — Riga (Latvia), 6.10 – 9.05 .............................................................. £6.47 Bus, Riga Railroad Station — Riga Airport ...................................................................... £0.62 Meal at Lido restaurant, Riga Airport ...................................................................................... £8 Riga — Stockholm (Sweden), flight by AirBaltic, 6.45 – 6.55 .................................. £371.01 Stockholm — Malmö (Sweden), flight by AirBaltic, 10.00 – 11.05 ................................ £ — Lunch at Hollandia restaurant ............................................................................................. £3.87 To rent a Toyota Aygo to go outside the city .................................................................. £66.52 Dinner at McDonalds restaurant .............................................................................................. £5 One night stay at STF Vandrarhem Malmö City Hostel .............................................. £22.45 Lunch at Malmö Airport ............................................................................................................ £3 Malmö — Stockholm, flight by AirBaltic, 9.40 – 10.40 .................................................... £ — Stockholm — Riga, flight by AirBaltic, 14.05 – 16.20 ....................................................... £ — Meal at Lido restaurant, Riga Airport ...................................................................................... £8 Bus, Riga Airport — Railway Station ................................................................................ £0.62 Train, Daugavpils — Riga, 17.05 – 21.07 .......................................................................... £6.47
• Total:
£ 502.03 •
PINGUICULA ALPINA Alpu Kreimule / Alpine Butterwort •
Very rare. Extinct from the only natural locality on the limestone cliff in the Daugava valley (overflooded in 1965). Re-planted onto two similar habitats in central Latvia, but recent searching there failed.
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Illustration: “Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen” 1796
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PA ST 30 000 BC – 20TH CENTURY Staburags cliff, Daugava river, Pļavinas region, Latvia 56°57’98’16”N 25°48’96’55”W
1964
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Baltic Sea
Estonia
Daugava
Latvia
Lithuania
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PRESENT 30 000 000 BC – NOWADAYS Tromso, Norway 56°57’98’16”N 25°48’96’55”W
20/10/2010 – 21/10/2010
• Train, Daugavpils — Riga, 6.10 – 9.05 .............................................................................. 6.47£ Bus, Riga Railroad Station — Riga Airport ...................................................................... 0.62£ Meal ar Lido restaurant at Riga Airport ................................................................................... 3£ Riga — Oslo (Norway), flight by Norwegian.com airlines, 13.55 – 14.25 ................... 206£ Oslo — Tromso (Norway), flight by Norwegian.com airlines, 21.05 – 23.05 .............. — £ One night stay at St. Elisabeth Hotell Og Helsehus ...................................................... 64.21£ Taxi outside Tromso ................................................................................................................. 10£ Tromso — Oslo, flight by Norwegian.com airlines, 21.05 – 23.05 ................................. — £ Oslo — Riga, flight by Norwegian.com airlines, 13.55 – 14.25 ....................................... — £ Meal ar McDonalds restaurant near Railway Station ............................................................ 3£ Bus, Riga Airport — Railway Station ................................................................................ 0.62£ Train, Daugavpils — Riga, 16.10 – 19.05 ............................................................................. 10£
• Total:
£303.92 •
TAXUS BACCATA Parastā īve / European Yew
Very rare, mostly along the coastline. Solitarily specimens and small groups in forests.
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Illustration: “Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen” 1796
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PA ST 30 000 BC – 20TH CENTURY West of Latvia near bay of Riga 57°31’16’91”N, 24°51’87’38”W and 57°02’12’99”N, 23°39’53’86”W
MANY YE AR S AGO
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Baltic Sea
Estonia
Daugava
Latvia
Lithuania
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PRESENT 30 000 000 BC – NOWADAYS Gdansk, Poland 56°57’98’16”N 25°48’96’55”W
22/10/2010 – 23/10/2010
• Train, Daugavpils — Riga (Latvia), 6.10 – 9.05 .............................................................. £6.47 Bus, Riga Railroad Station — Riga Airport ...................................................................... £0.62 Meal ar Lido restaurant at Riga Airport ................................................................................... £8 Riga — Copenhagen (Denmark) flight by AirBaltic, 6.55 – 7.25 ............................ £371.01 Copenhagen — Gdansk (Poland), flight by AirBaltic, 9.10 – 10.10 ............................... £ — One night stay at Hotel Dal, Gdansk ..................................................................................... £36 Taxi outside Gdansk ................................................................................................................. £20 Gdansk — Copenhagen, flight by Cimber Air, 10.40 – 11.40 .......................................... £ — Copenhagen — Riga, flight by AirBaltic, 13.30 – 16.30 ................................................... £ — Meal ar Lido restaurant at Riga Airport ................................................................................... £4 Bus, Riga Airport — Railway Station ................................................................................ £0,62 Train, Daugavpils — Riga (Latvia), 16.10 – 19.05 .......................................................... £6.47
• Total:
£453.95 •
ERICA TETRALIX Grīņa sārtene / Cross-leaved Heath
Very rare. Usually monodominant groups in shady broad-leaved forests and shrubs.
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Illustration: “Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen” 1796
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PA ST 30 000 BC – 20TH CENTURY Nortwest coast and southwest part of Latvia 57°58’65’59”N, 21°90’12’45”W and 56°65’01’87”N, 22°23’63’28”W
MANY YE AR S AGO
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Baltic Sea
Estonia
Daugava
Latvia
Lithuania
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PRESENT 30 000 000 BC – NOWADAYS Copenhagen, Denmark 55°67’75’84”N, 12°56’83’59”W
30/10/2010 – 31/10/2010
• Train Daugavpils — Riga (Latvia), 6.10 – 9.05 ............................................................... £6.47 Bus, Riga Railroad Station — Riga Airport ...................................................................... £0.62 Meal ar Lido restaurant at Riga Airport ................................................................................... £8 Riga — Copenhagen (Denmark) flight by AirBaltic, 11.50 – 12.50 ........................ £420.08 Bus to go outside the city and back .......................................................................................... £6 Dinner at Forno a Legna restaurant ......................................................................................... £5 One night stay at Danhostel Copenhagen City .............................................................. £22.26 Riga — Copenhagen, flight by AirBaltic, 15.05 – 17.40 .................................................... £ — Bus, Riga Airport — Railway Station ................................................................................ £0,62 Dinner at McDonalds near Railway Station ........................................................................... £5 Bus, Daugavpils — Riga, 19.10 – 23.05 ............................................................................. £7.89 Incidental expenses ................................................................................................................... £30
• Total:
£511.94 •
HEDERA HELIX Baltijas efeja / Baltic Ivy •
Very rare. Western coastal part only. Groups in broad-leaved forests.
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Illustration: Flora Batava of Afbeelding en Beschrijving van Nederlandsche Gewassen, VIII Deel. 1844
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PA ST 30 000 BC – 20TH CENTURY West coast of Latvia 56°92’69’93”N, 21°28’05’18”W
MANY YE AR S AGO
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Estonia Baltic Sea
Daugava
Latvia
Lithuania
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PRESENT 30 000 000 BC – NOWADAYS Bastia, Corsica, France 42°69’85’86”N, 9°44’68’69”W
06/11/2010 – 07/11/2010
• Bus, Daugavpils — Riga, 02.10 – 04.05 ............................................................................. £6.47 Bus No. 22, Riga city centre – Riga Airport ...................................................................... £0.62 Meal at Riga Airport ................................................................................................................... £6 Riga — Copenhagen (Denmark), flight by SAS, 6.50 – 7.30 .................................... £731.59 Copenhagen — Nice (France), flight by SAS, 8.50 – 11.15 ............................................. £ — Nice — Bastia, Corsica (France), flight by Air Corsica, 12.15 – 13.05 .......................... £ — Bus to Bastia city .................................................................................................................... £7.93 Dinner at Chez Hubert Tempete ........................................................................................ £9.46 One night stay at two star Sud Hôtel ............................................................................... £39.13 Taxi .............................................................................................................................................. £20 Bastia — Nice, flight by Air Corsica, 8.00 – 8.50 ............................................................... £ — Nice — Oslo (Norway), flight by SAS, 12.40 – 15.35 ....................................................... £ — Oslo — Riga, flight by SAS, 20.55 – 23.25 .......................................................................... £ — Bus No. 22, airport of Riga — Riga railroad station ........................................................ £0,62 Trolleybus, Riga railroad station — brother’s flat at Mežciems, Riga ........................... £0,62 Night at brother family's flat .................................................................................................. Free Trolleybus, brother’s flat at Mežciems, Riga — Riga railroad station ........................... £0,62 Dinner at McDonalds near Railway Station ........................................................................... £5 Bus, Daugavpils — Riga, 13.10 – 17.05 ............................................................................. £7.89 Incidental expenses ................................................................................................................... £30
• Total to see this plant:
£865.95 •
PRIMULA FARINOSA Bezdelīgactiņa / Bird’s-eye Primrose
Very rare.
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Illustration: “British Entomology” 1824 / 1825
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PA ST 30 000 BC – 20TH CENTURY Central part of Latvia 56°67’43’38”N, 24°16’99’22”W
MANY YE AR S AGO
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Baltic Sea
Estonia
Daugava
Latvia
Lithuania
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PRESENT 30 000 000 BC – NOWADAYS Barcelona, Spain 41°41’49’25”N, 2°16’53’37”W
08/11/2010 – 09/11/2010
• Train Daugavpils — Riga, 6.10 – 9.05 ............................................................................... £6.47 Bus No. 22, Riga city centre — Riga Airport .................................................................... £0.62 Breakfast ar Lido restaurant at Riga Airport ........................................................................... £8 Riga — Milan (Italy) flight by Ryanair, 11.10 – 12.50 ..................................................... £191 Milan — Barcelona (Spain) flight by Ryanair, 21.00 – 22.40 ........................................... £ — Taxi ................................................................................................................................................ £8 Dinner at Devil’s Kitchen ..................................................................................................... £3.78 One night stay at Residencia Melon District Marina .................................................... £43.48 Barcelona — London (United Kingdom), flight by easyJet, 19.55 – 21.20 ................... £ — London — Riga flight by Ryanair, 6.05 – 10.40 ................................................................. £ — Bus No. 22, Riga Airport — Railway Station .................................................................... £0,62 Bus, airport of Riga — Riga railroad station ..................................................................... £0,62 Bus, Riga railroad station — brother’s flat at Mežciems, Riga ....................................... £0,62 Night at brother family’s flat .................................................................................................. Free Bus, brother’s flat at Mežciems, Riga — Riga railroad station ....................................... £0,62 Dinner at McDonalds near Railway Station ........................................................................... £5 Bus Daugavpils — Riga, 13.10 – 17.05 .............................................................................. £7.89 Incidental expenses ................................................................................................................... £30
• Total to see this plant:
£306.07 •
NEOTTIANTHE CUCULLATA Cepurainā neotiante / Neottianthe
Very rare. Two localities in southern Latvia only. Solitarily specimens and small groups in pine and mixed forests.
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Illustration: “Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen” 1796
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PA ST 30 000 BC – 20TH CENTURY South of Latvia 56°40’78’23”N, 25°04’88’28”W
MANY YE AR S AGO
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Baltic Sea
Estonia
Daugava
Latvia
Lithuania
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PRESENT 30 000 000 BC – NOWADAYS Minsk, Belarus 53°88’49’16”N, 27°54’27’25”W
30/10/2010 – 31/10/2010
• Cost of visa to visit Republic of Belarus (2 weeks to make) ........................................ £22.03 Bus, Daugavpils — Minsk (Belarus), 11.45 – 19.20 ..................................................... £20.62 Dinner somewhere ...................................................................................................................... £6 One night stay at Minsk hotel ......................................................................................... £114.12 Breakfast at hotel cafe ................................................................................................................. £2 Bus to go outside the city and back .................................................................................... £0.50 Bus, Minsk – Daugavpils, 21.30 – 4.10 ............................................................................ £22.03 Incidental expenses ................................................................................................................... £30
• Total to see this plant:
£207.30 •
ERYNGIUM MARITIMUM Jūrmalas zilpodze / Sea-holly
Very rare. Western coastal part only. Groups in dunes.
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Illustration: Flora Batava. 2. Deel.: Kops, Jan 1807
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PA ST 30 000 BC – 20TH CENTURY North coast of Latvia 57°69’82’77”N, 22°48’90’14”W
MANY YE AR S AGO
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Baltic Sea
Estonia
Daugava
Latvia
Lithuania
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PRESENT 30 000 000 BC – NOWADAYS Nantes, France 47°22’98’27”N, -1°56’69’25”W
30/10/2010 – 31/10/2010
• Bus, Daugavpils — Riga, 9.15 – 13.00 ............................................................................... £7.89 Bus No. 22, Riga city centre — Riga Airport .................................................................... £0.62 Breakfast at Čili Pizza, Riga Airport ......................................................................................... £3 Riga — Prague (Czech Republic), flight by KLM, 15.15 – 16.00 .................................. £758 Prague — Amsterdam (Netherlands), flight by KLM, 17.05 – 18.40 ............................. £ — Amsterdam — Nantes (France), flight by Air France, 20.45 – 22.15 .............................. £ — Dinner at La Pasta pizzeria ................................................................................................... £7.57 One night stay at Quality Hotel & Suites Nantes Atlantique ...................................... £34.78 Taxi to go outside the city ....................................................................................................... £50 Nantes — Amsterdam, flight by Air France, 7.10 – 8.40 ................................................... £ — Amsterdam — Prague, flight by Air France, 9.25 – 10.40 ................................................. £ — Prague — Riga, flight by KLM, 11.40 – 14.30 .................................................................... £ — Bus No. 22, Riga Airport — Railway Station .................................................................... £0,62 Dinner at McDonalds near Railway Station ........................................................................... £5 Bus, Daugavpils — Riga, 19.10 – 23.05 ............................................................................. £7.89 Incidental expenses ................................................................................................................... £30
• Total to see this plant:
£905.37 •
EQUISETUM TELMATEIA Lielā kosa / Great Horsetail
Very rare. One habitat on the wet, rich in springs slope of riverbank. A stable group.
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Illustration: “Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen” 1796
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PA ST 30 000 BC – 20TH CENTURY Western part of Latvia 57°39’76’24”N, 22°21’43’55”W
MANY YE AR S AGO
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Baltic Sea
Estonia
Daugava
Latvia
Lithuania
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PRESENT 30 000 000 BC – NOWADAYS Copenhagen, Denmark 55°67’75’84”N, 12°50’24’41”W
10/10/2010 – 11/10/2010
• Train, Daugavpils — Riga, 6.10 – 9.05 .............................................................................. £6.47 Bus No. 22, Riga Railroad Station — Riga Airport ......................................................... £0.62 Meal ar Lido restaurant at Riga Airport ................................................................................... £8 Riga — Copenhagen (Denmark), flight by AirBaltic, 12.55 – 13.30 ....................... £365.94 Bus to go outside the city and back .......................................................................................... £6 Dinner at Forno a Legna restaurant ......................................................................................... £5 One night stay at Danhostel Copenhagen City .............................................................. £22.26 Copenhagen — Riga, flight by AirBaltic, 15.05 – 17.40 ................................................... £ — Bus Riga Airport — Railway Station ................................................................................. £0,62 Dinner at McDonalds near Railway Station ........................................................................... £5 Bus, Daugavpils — Riga, 19.10 – 23.05 ............................................................................. £7.89 Incidental expenses ................................................................................................................... £30
• Total to see this plant:
£457.80 •
ASTRANTIA MAJOR Lielā zvaigznīte / Great Masterwort
Very rare. In a small vicinity in central southern Latvia. Groups in deciduous forests and shrubs, mostly in river valleys. Occurs as ornamental plant in some old parks throughout the country.
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Illustration: “Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen” 1796
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PA ST 30 000 BC – 20TH CENTURY Southern Latvia 56°35’91’64”N, 24°46’65’53”W
MANY YE AR S AGO
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Baltic Sea
Estonia
Daugava
Latvia
Lithuania
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PRESENT 30 000 000 BC – NOWADAYS Istanbul, Turkey 41°01’92’83”,N 28°96’27’08”W
14/11/2010 – 15/11/2010
• Visa + tickets to go and order it and then take it in Riga .................................................... £95 Bus, Daugavpils — Riga, 5.20 – 9.10 ................................................................................. £7.89 Bus No. 22, Riga city centre – Riga Airport ...................................................................... £0.62 Anton Chekhov book ............................................................................................................... £10 Lunch at airport ........................................................................................................................... £6 Riga — Istanbul (Turkey), flight by AirBaltic, 11.20 – 14.20 ................................... £264.88 Taxi to go outside the city and back .................................................................................... ~£50 Dinner at Alexander Istanbul Modern ..................................................................................... £5 One night stay at Albatros Premier Hotel ....................................................................... £42.45 Breakfast + lunch atKahve Dunyasi .......................................................................................... £2 Istanbul — Riga, flight by Air Baltic, 15.05 – 18..00 .......................................................... £ — Bus Riga Airport — Railway Station ................................................................................. £0,62 Dinner at McDonalds near Railway Station ..................................................................... £4.50 Bus ,Daugavpils — Riga, 19.10 – 23.05 ............................................................................. £7.89 Incidental expenses ................................................................................................................... £30
• Total to see this plant:
£509.74 •