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!
March 14, 2019
Hornbeam flowers
Hornbeams (Carpinus betulus) are in flower now!
Here a twig with some male catkins, and, in the center of the image, a smaller female one.
A female catkin with some flowers, only the red pistils and some green scales are visible.
