The flora of Périgord in South-West France is abundant and diverse. In this blog you can find, in pictures, brief encounters with several hundreds of wild flowers and plants as they grow here in French Perigord. Following the seasons other species are added. An index of scientific and English names you find below on the right.
Corine Oosterlee is a botanist and photographer and she offers guided Botanical Walks and other activities around plants and vegetation in nature in Perigord. Do you want to know more? On www.baladebotanique.fr you can find more information. For Corine's photography see www.corineoosterlee.com. Both websites also in English.
Enjoy!
July 25, 2011
Maidenhair fern
A calcareous rock, a vertical surface above a pond or streamlet, even if the available sunlight is scarce, the Maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris) feels at home.
It has very thin, black stalks, and its fronds end in small, fan-like leaves.
