The flora of PĂ©rigord 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!




November 25, 2019

Hornbeam


Some fallen leaves in a Hornbeam wood.




But normally leaves of Hornbeams (Carpinus betulus) turn yellow in autumn, isn't it? It seems this is not always true.




Confirmed when we look upwards. Two Hornbeam trees wit reddish leaves. Exceptions to the rule exist.