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Image after Petr Exner's Vexilologický Lexikon prapory obcí Čr (2004)
- Klopina municipality, Šumperk district, Olomouc region - flag adopted
5 October 2004.
Jarig Bakker, 27 Jul 2005
Image after Petr Exner's Vexilologický Lexikon prapory obcí Čr (2004)
- Leština municipality, Šumperk district, Olomouc region - flag 27 February
2004. Within the white circle are three yellow hazelnuts in their green
wrappings..
Jarig Bakker, 25 Aug 2005
Botanists call the wrappings an involucre (French word, from
New Latin "involucrum"), defined as "one or more whorls of bracts
situated below and close to a flower, flower cluster, or fruit".
A bract (New Latin "bractea", from Latin, thin metal
plate) is a leaf borne on a floral axis, especially one subtending a flower
or a flower cluster.
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
Hazel trees (Corylus (Tourn.) L.) belong to the family of Betulaceae,
along with birches (Betulus (Tourn.) L.), alders (Alnus (Tourn.) Gaertn.)
and hornbeams (Carpinus (Tourn.) L.).
The European species of hazel trees have different kinds of involucres:
- Common hazel tree (Corylus avellana L.), aka European hazeltree,
has an involucre as long as the nut and irregularly serrated up to the
half of its length.
- Byzantium hazel tree (Corylus colurna L.) has an involucre longer
than the nut and deeply serrated.
- Great hazeltree (Corylus maxima Miller) has a tubular involucre completely
wrapping the nut and closed by a serrated collaret.
The representation of the nuts on the flag matches well the common hazel
tree, which is the most widespread in Europe. The two other species are
Balkanic but have been introduced all over Europe, especiall Corylus maxima
var. atropurpureus, with purple leaves. The nuts are grouped by 2-4, which
makes the cluster of three nuts shown on the flag botanically correct.
Source: C.J. Humphries, J.R. Press & D.A. Sutton. Tous les arbres
d'Europe. Bordas, 1984.
Ivan Sache, 27 Aug 2005
Image after Petr Exner's Vexilologický Lexikon prapory obcí Čr (2000)
- Vikýřovice municipality, Sumperk district, Olomouc region - flag adopted
27 March 2000.
Jarig Bakker, 16 Nov 2003
Image after Petr Exner's Vexilologický Lexikon prapory obcí Čr (1996)
- Zvole municipality, Sumperk district, Olomouc region - flag adopted 28
April 1996.
Jarig Bakker, 16 Nov 2003