Black Bryony

In the West of Africa and some other tropical regions yams, the roots of some plants of the family of Dioscoreaceae are staple foods. The only member of this family in France, the Black Bryony (Tamus communis) also has a big root but it is not edible at all.


Roadsides and bushes are decorated by garlands of red-orange berries of this vine.

















The grey rag you see in the picture above has been green and glossy, a few months ago.

Common Blue

In a warm autumn this butterfly flies until november. At sunrise thousands of Common Blues (Polyommatus icarus) sit waiting for the first rays of sunlight to come to life after a cold night.


When it is asleep you cannot see where its name comes from: the bright blue of the upper side of the wings.
















Oops! Bad luck! A crab spider!

Spiral Orchid

Most orchids are visible in spring and summer, only the Spiral Orchid (Spiranthes spiralis) is flowering now in poor grasslands with sparse vegetation. A lot of plants have their flowers and leaves arranged in spirals, but in many species it is more difficult to discern this pattern.






















The spiral Orchid is small, about a decimeter, and its flowers are only a few millimeters.