The Environment Chronicle

Notable environmental events

  1. Fish of the Year 2000 is the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).

  2. Vegetable of the Year 2000: Garden orache (Atriplex hortensis L.)

  3. Insect of the Year 2000 is the green rose chafer (Cetonia aurata).

  4. Orchid of the Year: Red Helleborine (Cephalanthera rubra)

  5. Fluvial Topography of the Year 2000 / 2001 is the Gottleuba, a left tributary of the Elbe in Saxony.

  6. Tree of the Year 2000 is the Silver Birch (Betula pendula).

  7. Animal of the Year 2000 is the Aesculapian snake (Elaphe longissima).

  8. Bird of the Year 2000 is the Red Kite (Milvus milvus).

  9. Fungus of the Year 2000 is the Amanita regalis commonly known as the royal fly agaric or the king of Sweden Amanita.

  10. Fungus of the Year 1999 is the Devil's bolete or Satan's mushroom (Boletus satanas).

  11. Flower of the Year 1999 is the Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris).

  12. Tree of the Year 1999 is the White willow (Salix alba).

  13. Fish of the Year: Houting (Coregonus oxyrhynchus)

  14. 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

  15. Insect of the Year 1999 is the Green lacewing (Chrysoperla carnea).

  16. Orchid of the Year 1999: Lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum).

  17. Bird of the Year 1999 is the Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella).

  18. Medicinal Plant of the Year 1999 is the Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum).

  19. Animal of the Year: Fire-bellied, yellow-bellied toads (Bombina bombina, Bombina variegata)

  20. Flower of the Year 1998 is the Water soldier (Stratiotes aloides).

  21. Vegetable of the Year 1998 / 1999: Broad bean or Fava bean (Vicia faba)

  22. Bird of the Year 1998 is the Skylark (Alauda arvensis).

  23. Tree of the Year 1998 is the Wild pear (Pyrus pyraster).

  24. 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.

  25. Orchid of the Year: March hellenorine (Epipactis palustris)

  26. Fish of the Year: Blageon (Leuciscus souffia)

  27. Fungus of the Year 1997 is the Charcoal burner (Russula cyanoxantha).

  28. Flower of the Year 1997 is the Stemless carline thistle (Carlina acaulis).

  29. Bird of the Year 1997 is the Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major).

  30. Tree of the Year is the Mountain Ash (Sorbus aucuparia).

  31. Fish of the Year: Grayling (Thymallus vulgaris)

  32. Orchid of the Year: Bug orchid (Orchis coriophora)