tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9813745658403056962024-03-13T04:25:01.122+01:00botanical walkIn this blog you can find, in pictures, brief encounters with flora and vegetation in Périgord in South-West-France.
See below.
Enjoy!
You can also find information about guided botanical walks and excursions in Périgord. If you would like to discover a rich vegetation and flora, see here the calendar.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger328125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981374565840305696.post-66126666761828438752023-12-15T07:49:00.020+01:002023-12-15T08:34:22.515+01:00'Spirea-leaved Fleabane'<p>A foggy day in winter. We are on the slopes above the Dordogne river. On descending we arrive on a little outcrop between the oaks. There are no flowers anymore but the remnants of perennial plants flowering here in another season are still visible. <br /></p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjucAoJNj4Gak7mQJC4rxwG38cGmXlQ4JyXluhv4V0GyRMt4PpQyhZp_NYPkn04HBA8A0yksnpUAXrBKzc08pZIEvPkqA3um6El7J5x-PLW46OY36On5TjLk67rxc6GNFwpzuCyG9OBAJk0NuzxR6yGgZka7vRNlaYesbIHnl7isUkZpOf85a0iQ6tcNgvI/s1000/inula%20spiraeifolia%20ea-166589za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjucAoJNj4Gak7mQJC4rxwG38cGmXlQ4JyXluhv4V0GyRMt4PpQyhZp_NYPkn04HBA8A0yksnpUAXrBKzc08pZIEvPkqA3um6El7J5x-PLW46OY36On5TjLk67rxc6GNFwpzuCyG9OBAJk0NuzxR6yGgZka7vRNlaYesbIHnl7isUkZpOf85a0iQ6tcNgvI/w640-h426/inula%20spiraeifolia%20ea-166589za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>Grasses, fallen leaves and the long blackened stems cover this little height.<i> </i>The latter are from <i>Inula spiraeifolia</i> (let us call it<i> </i>'Spirea-leaved Fleabane', it has no official name in English). It is a plant of dry limestone slopes and you don't find it very often in Perigord.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgesd6Q5MyrDlqsj5p5z0hu1nlNjjzfT9crZmhVTdK0-7u5VjMpy9U_9RjtgRdT9WVYjbb9RzksxhxdzGQmPOVsv-AF4hI7nmhdIqB4m_i6KXC0XZtEs3hN_ukq1515vCtw-E8cb6h37EYZFVxUD9WAasSA2bHHCBtAoTJXE2XtQm4gWj873RES1Mkxp32Y/s1000/inula%20spiraeifolia%20ea-166592za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgesd6Q5MyrDlqsj5p5z0hu1nlNjjzfT9crZmhVTdK0-7u5VjMpy9U_9RjtgRdT9WVYjbb9RzksxhxdzGQmPOVsv-AF4hI7nmhdIqB4m_i6KXC0XZtEs3hN_ukq1515vCtw-E8cb6h37EYZFVxUD9WAasSA2bHHCBtAoTJXE2XtQm4gWj873RES1Mkxp32Y/w640-h426/inula%20spiraeifolia%20ea-166592za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p> </p><p>'Spirea-leaved Fleabane' generally grows in tufts or larger groups and its stalks carry dense corymbs with small flowerheads. You cannot see anymore that its flowers have been yellow.</p><p><br /></p><p>For that you have to wait until spring.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9rOncY6RzgTpNJ8fhJKUiiu8aJFbuoUmWMKxNOFos1CVUoeWE7AwLD1ejzetgbZBXj2j7EFbz49jXip8HmGGNw4yLK3jUiMLv8RUBpVkMP0tkUyTTsX4SFuprTMqQjyHt1Vtr9K-bZCQmw5nJ0pz3oHbEpU-6fMZROK8Y5opXZiSn8gQjTo5fZkaWQdt6/s1000/inula%20spiraeifolia-148015za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9rOncY6RzgTpNJ8fhJKUiiu8aJFbuoUmWMKxNOFos1CVUoeWE7AwLD1ejzetgbZBXj2j7EFbz49jXip8HmGGNw4yLK3jUiMLv8RUBpVkMP0tkUyTTsX4SFuprTMqQjyHt1Vtr9K-bZCQmw5nJ0pz3oHbEpU-6fMZROK8Y5opXZiSn8gQjTo5fZkaWQdt6/w640-h426/inula%20spiraeifolia-148015za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> </p><p>In July it does not pass unnoticed! </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYmtFPAmyLNgrECCEClHlb962MnbqIWYOWaV0NWKbZsWfkzt1niA6LjePvDm6TksE4D5-r-PmcL_qAH-7IPejU6Yhij06f7hpiGcnOgtUiKXwExxjHF7xiM9hTZENghwnUcdaIu4Fqq7EmnpGKB7G2K8DLEPURsb0mX5qne0OhbxyipulB30YqYhCb9JS/s1000/inula%20spiraeifolia-148006zb-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGYmtFPAmyLNgrECCEClHlb962MnbqIWYOWaV0NWKbZsWfkzt1niA6LjePvDm6TksE4D5-r-PmcL_qAH-7IPejU6Yhij06f7hpiGcnOgtUiKXwExxjHF7xiM9hTZENghwnUcdaIu4Fqq7EmnpGKB7G2K8DLEPURsb0mX5qne0OhbxyipulB30YqYhCb9JS/w640-h426/inula%20spiraeifolia-148006zb-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p>Here, the wind, or maybe a roe deer, managed to flatten the stems like stalks in a cereal field after a storm. Not that easy, those stems are rigid and tend to keep upright whatever happens. The leaves are more or less vertical and there are a lot of them.</p><p> <br /></p><p>Another Fleabane looks very much like it and it is easy to confound the two species. Sometimes they grow near each other. Irish Fleabane (<i>Inula salicina</i>) is less rare and has a wider range, it grows also in more humid and sandy places. <br /></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTaRV5hgvdtE_UbVfJMfizhBTrjgcCCp9cYaH7DoOXcIp6G3MDMhjbfyS0WtFFaTiKes6yd26BGq-kWQvDdY1uQ1xYZ8TOpO8PeLe0wPTa-naW0pgxVVNKVA7EFklPS09Q6QU2C3cnLDwrML65ry5S8mKAMoQ0fnu5xhcwO8W-S3y2LVJaD30g-eUeIOZb/s1000/inula%20salicina-157735zz-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTaRV5hgvdtE_UbVfJMfizhBTrjgcCCp9cYaH7DoOXcIp6G3MDMhjbfyS0WtFFaTiKes6yd26BGq-kWQvDdY1uQ1xYZ8TOpO8PeLe0wPTa-naW0pgxVVNKVA7EFklPS09Q6QU2C3cnLDwrML65ry5S8mKAMoQ0fnu5xhcwO8W-S3y2LVJaD30g-eUeIOZb/w640-h426/inula%20salicina-157735zz-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p> </p><p>It has larger flower heads solitary on their stems or a few together. And its leaves are horizontal, the tips slightly bending down.</p><br /><p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981374565840305696.post-83792208359116909862023-09-06T10:56:00.090+02:002023-12-15T11:17:44.246+01:00Johnson Grass<p>Now the sunflowers have dried out, but some weeks ago they were still flourishing. Above the flower heads on their long stems a reddish hue can be seen, the flowering ears of a very big grass.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZJ0is4NtkntxnF5WUE07hr7W4NXWkz8gfENeNMNJJPi6TA1ectGMx-23oMt1rP3yI5xYAFK2J5i_QXpcZwXkpIrfBa9-ykJg5fkawZvFr-NxPXjEHMNlvkCxFYaSjmDzit6X9kg-VHuQDYERobUg-qoCGgY8hDJCRxPHKcPC1CvQvrUQk7AEfvocyjU/s1000/sorgho%20halepensis%20-222109za.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZJ0is4NtkntxnF5WUE07hr7W4NXWkz8gfENeNMNJJPi6TA1ectGMx-23oMt1rP3yI5xYAFK2J5i_QXpcZwXkpIrfBa9-ykJg5fkawZvFr-NxPXjEHMNlvkCxFYaSjmDzit6X9kg-VHuQDYERobUg-qoCGgY8hDJCRxPHKcPC1CvQvrUQk7AEfvocyjU/w640-h426/sorgho%20halepensis%20-222109za.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p> </p><p>Johnson Grass (<i>Sorgho halepensis</i>)
is a widespread perennial in agricultural fields. It grows well in circumstances suitable for crops.
A lot of nitrogen and a loose soil makes it grow very fast and high. It has a well-developed root system and produces many seeds. It stands well heat and drought, better than crops, and it does not fear a wet summer. It is so competitive compared to crops that in a few years large colonies can develop. It can be found also on roadsides and fallow fields, tractor wheels take the seeds everywhere. It is considered as an invasive plant, actually, we see it more and more in Perigord.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwEUcNmRSQcd1UMhEpD2fPPowGfPWQgHmJv6Fy-n1UGHydixHsF2LkBtCmgOfaf3zAM2d2DKqfO6BXzKmFlDfedQ2D3GJi4tQ93c0qiGZ44d5CK8wegZKRPNNmTFPyX_MRFkjLVoimoa7RfAB-7k6ZDhFxz4CmbU8tpavjlnN3U2z5KVIl4DPI8izn7vg/s1000/sorgho%20halepensis,%20champ%20conv%20bio-235338z-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwEUcNmRSQcd1UMhEpD2fPPowGfPWQgHmJv6Fy-n1UGHydixHsF2LkBtCmgOfaf3zAM2d2DKqfO6BXzKmFlDfedQ2D3GJi4tQ93c0qiGZ44d5CK8wegZKRPNNmTFPyX_MRFkjLVoimoa7RfAB-7k6ZDhFxz4CmbU8tpavjlnN3U2z5KVIl4DPI8izn7vg/w640-h426/sorgho%20halepensis,%20champ%20conv%20bio-235338z-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> </p><p>Yet it is a beautiful plant, decorative in fields. And also in a vase. The big ears make a good contrast in shape and colour with summer flowers like zinnias, dahlias and cosmos.</p><p><br /></p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiScsbDuo4Ad1RC0zsr9kVrcCIhSopY8D98UEJXMDx3ps1lmZaesRBcllJTdy3rNxnmKLpUSLqCB-QZwemeaJ5CAR8lpXyQ_cpTmN0jmaJtmQrmT0k90mNBaIEvONLPF79sSohmUlCQlYbDVwXyc94CEnxzZ0u_c7-xD64WXzMk8dCBC0jEdRgngXOiJMk/s1000/sorgho%20halepensis-235174za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiScsbDuo4Ad1RC0zsr9kVrcCIhSopY8D98UEJXMDx3ps1lmZaesRBcllJTdy3rNxnmKLpUSLqCB-QZwemeaJ5CAR8lpXyQ_cpTmN0jmaJtmQrmT0k90mNBaIEvONLPF79sSohmUlCQlYbDVwXyc94CEnxzZ0u_c7-xD64WXzMk8dCBC0jEdRgngXOiJMk/w640-h426/sorgho%20halepensis-235174za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p>When in flower the big airy plumes carry small light green stamens.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNMmS4Q1XChpyl3R_YwXAMWwQpEaLnsoaIOflfdf10YJ9pSdH3Eh-d_G_pxI8apgWOP1KjHU48IMXFxCNEBwB5hDQBced3rPqzGyHwAa2TMbyEpVGel2H2CYNsXbDMUKIiGM9PWbVpwFm10HU2Z3FrKIsjHce6U3S6O8GLBYiD1aUGyL0tmbDt1ANCayw/s1000/sorgho%20halepensis-235343zza-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNMmS4Q1XChpyl3R_YwXAMWwQpEaLnsoaIOflfdf10YJ9pSdH3Eh-d_G_pxI8apgWOP1KjHU48IMXFxCNEBwB5hDQBced3rPqzGyHwAa2TMbyEpVGel2H2CYNsXbDMUKIiGM9PWbVpwFm10HU2Z3FrKIsjHce6U3S6O8GLBYiD1aUGyL0tmbDt1ANCayw/w640-h426/sorgho%20halepensis-235343zza-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p> </p><p>The central vein of the leaves is white, Johnson Grass is easy to recognize even when not in flower.</p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981374565840305696.post-885541184889555022023-07-16T10:45:00.052+02:002023-12-15T10:55:01.720+01:00Cantabria Morning Glory<p> </p><p>It is not any longer in flower now. On its branched stems only small fruits can be found.</p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4eHNqLSaIcRa-MVQpc-OV7f_SzMMqkpwtONjmBP8kis0FFOX5_Sn-r-UFPcIGeUyhD41gEiBJs7R7OmmgfBY-H_G4Vr9_2bg24HdlP7zfXjCwH55FZmcfl6RD8hpNx2MdFryy6Eiva7JKq_vsclt4ZtJs2eu8yF6GHaIceY9zieg9f-FhFW9kFusNrk/s1000/convolvulus%20cantabrica-164315za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4eHNqLSaIcRa-MVQpc-OV7f_SzMMqkpwtONjmBP8kis0FFOX5_Sn-r-UFPcIGeUyhD41gEiBJs7R7OmmgfBY-H_G4Vr9_2bg24HdlP7zfXjCwH55FZmcfl6RD8hpNx2MdFryy6Eiva7JKq_vsclt4ZtJs2eu8yF6GHaIceY9zieg9f-FhFW9kFusNrk/w640-h426/convolvulus%20cantabrica-164315za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>But two months ago Cantabria Morning Glory (<i>Convolvulus cantabrica</i>) was in flower everywhere on dry stony limestone slopes.</p><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxBkhBJeb2JdHWxWcg1VjasHJJP1Rhsj2YwgjPmDdlTLNGBYgnGd8iEmYagZNKq32NKlJX1gHCHHFUeUiY2mga4xOQT-JmoluZHS1aa1YzVY7Y9DEzNtya2sOjkMkWArJ5F84uLvd3XErBGWD3FJ3SA3IPvKpM4tKX7fy_WvSaA3gafuCqET7QLg7N2YQ/s1000/convolvulus%20cantabrica,%20koeleria%20vallesiana-202758zza-ba.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxBkhBJeb2JdHWxWcg1VjasHJJP1Rhsj2YwgjPmDdlTLNGBYgnGd8iEmYagZNKq32NKlJX1gHCHHFUeUiY2mga4xOQT-JmoluZHS1aa1YzVY7Y9DEzNtya2sOjkMkWArJ5F84uLvd3XErBGWD3FJ3SA3IPvKpM4tKX7fy_WvSaA3gafuCqET7QLg7N2YQ/w640-h426/convolvulus%20cantabrica,%20koeleria%20vallesiana-202758zza-ba.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /> </p><p>This meadow is scattered with its pink flowers between the flowering ears of Somerset Hair-grass (<i>Koeleria vallesiana</i>)
and other typical plants of this habitat. It was May, everything was still green, the plants did profit from the humidity of the early season to grow and flower.</p><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8e_pZsMP8eAIttJRTpzGpxT7WrDG9gxMvSboo96MlFnJlgo6kl0rcB77ZkeHA1RnCEhmsF8ho3v3cgo6kFtreSTzZypw_KgYr5HC4JDZ2OsKyWCcqCCXvD-A23X-pNHii8KzZGEPaFf7qtO3bUmQ2clj2BcT1pd7zZ5mf6vzmQBoAJ4jRCfYYx-_twDI/s1000/convolvulus%20cantabrica-202762za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8e_pZsMP8eAIttJRTpzGpxT7WrDG9gxMvSboo96MlFnJlgo6kl0rcB77ZkeHA1RnCEhmsF8ho3v3cgo6kFtreSTzZypw_KgYr5HC4JDZ2OsKyWCcqCCXvD-A23X-pNHii8KzZGEPaFf7qtO3bUmQ2clj2BcT1pd7zZ5mf6vzmQBoAJ4jRCfYYx-_twDI/w640-h426/convolvulus%20cantabrica-202762za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p> </p><p>Cantabria Morning Glory has pink pentagonal flowers on stalks more or less prostrate. In contrast with other Morning Glories this one does not climb.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq9hYsVnH0CfD9Ir3B4hJZyYbGTZpdVTOF7FktwI_zkRAZrmSC7SrYzprEcCqqne87KsKVz4S97UyPnEHaiVD6uWoQXqb0fkskxl0ajuLjWV1JnnuQIF9LlWVG4xkPeFLfwmjG4zGPRspdF7ceh5D0rVFEfzF6QcUZtRieaLSmHCa9ex6ccGf9uggpsPI/s1000/convolvulus%20cantabrica,%20coronilla%20minima-125977za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq9hYsVnH0CfD9Ir3B4hJZyYbGTZpdVTOF7FktwI_zkRAZrmSC7SrYzprEcCqqne87KsKVz4S97UyPnEHaiVD6uWoQXqb0fkskxl0ajuLjWV1JnnuQIF9LlWVG4xkPeFLfwmjG4zGPRspdF7ceh5D0rVFEfzF6QcUZtRieaLSmHCa9ex6ccGf9uggpsPI/w640-h426/convolvulus%20cantabrica,%20coronilla%20minima-125977za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p> </p><p>Its leaves are long and undulated and a bit downy. And the flowers close at night, early in the morning they are not yet open.</p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcm-YpgoM5FbtRsbxYwer4O9yzs0zZhCdJJuCLpaUWj57GRgkLaxiVW1GOv89mjzWsiU33jRoaDfD8gb7MlV72m7PabwXQD65yJqiBwL9O-qPGj569jY1NU6jlCSfLWcRcfecmywU8ReDVqiKUEIzirvXwfaLVf4oTm0kcfkTQ3cng4ERmUGcIo_Pn7xI/s1000/convolvulus%20cantabrica-235105za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcm-YpgoM5FbtRsbxYwer4O9yzs0zZhCdJJuCLpaUWj57GRgkLaxiVW1GOv89mjzWsiU33jRoaDfD8gb7MlV72m7PabwXQD65yJqiBwL9O-qPGj569jY1NU6jlCSfLWcRcfecmywU8ReDVqiKUEIzirvXwfaLVf4oTm0kcfkTQ3cng4ERmUGcIo_Pn7xI/w640-h426/convolvulus%20cantabrica-235105za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>Yes!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981374565840305696.post-23904557305156494182023-07-07T10:18:00.012+02:002023-12-15T10:42:12.608+01:00Italian Lords-and-Ladies<p>Two months ago this bizarre flower could still be found everywhere in woodlands and under trees. Maybe the inflorescence of Italian Lords-and-Ladies (<i>Arum italicum</i>) is not especially beautiful, but it serves its purpose very well.</p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>The spathe, this large whitish bract, contains in its inferior part minuscule flowers well hidden from view. Only a kind of yellow club is visible, it attracts tiny flies.<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh10UOnON4o44O4aohT2iaPrU5_V1R_Ol28ioQ5mqkHNZ4HEnljcheEXcDXG6EMGfqnGl-wUL52Vx1KXVycZkiZVlg2qQeVihlylxwy7YSd4k1hqRZPySkh3RXFqCtdp8Rkkl9WVgB2W2PK6wdgdbIncXdr-wz4X1SVntziuJecDDoBs9W_X-dmju1mZCQ/s1000/arum%20italicum-201984za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh10UOnON4o44O4aohT2iaPrU5_V1R_Ol28ioQ5mqkHNZ4HEnljcheEXcDXG6EMGfqnGl-wUL52Vx1KXVycZkiZVlg2qQeVihlylxwy7YSd4k1hqRZPySkh3RXFqCtdp8Rkkl9WVgB2W2PK6wdgdbIncXdr-wz4X1SVntziuJecDDoBs9W_X-dmju1mZCQ/w640-h426/arum%20italicum-201984za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p> </p><p>Those flies enter into the lower part of the spathe where they find odorousand tasteful pollen-grains. That the smells are good may compensate for the fact that they are prisoners now, the entrance is blocked by reverse hairs so they can't climb out. Only after
pollination those hairs dry out and the flies are free to leave and fly around in search of a new spathe-trap.</p><p>The result of this special trick: berries. </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIHnyJqe5VTHViISnpPHhqB6mAy0IK8nDV1EW-K5l5rpp4YUb_g1ZiPAjwevDfkUN0ZcPme1c5gDSQTUao92QOvnIFgHHuNmHBJL4wslzDO8S8_4RlJBSu4FD7slkdz4KannYA5lQKm8CSC0AwlnIczT5hUDZqs1YSl_csquuXKuTPJWiQ2JPFYyd6rFs/s1000/arum%20italicum-235183za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIHnyJqe5VTHViISnpPHhqB6mAy0IK8nDV1EW-K5l5rpp4YUb_g1ZiPAjwevDfkUN0ZcPme1c5gDSQTUao92QOvnIFgHHuNmHBJL4wslzDO8S8_4RlJBSu4FD7slkdz4KannYA5lQKm8CSC0AwlnIczT5hUDZqs1YSl_csquuXKuTPJWiQ2JPFYyd6rFs/w640-h426/arum%20italicum-235183za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p> </p><p>Now, in July, they are still green or just a bit orangy.
The pale tuberous ring below them is the remnant of the spathe that has fallen off a few weeks ago. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4TxBJAqULRBWQavohu-Tk4MH6Pd5s6N9k02hmELAkctqBZtmr52dpUe23IhhSg4c__1rwNnsQrQ2xcM8J6UnU_4IInLwdIIq05B9nW2rp6zIhDXT8pmplypFaO5PMCYVeOtqkO2Jg8tOF-DhmtEk6lqzoRJfd679-_Qk99UGRAOemripxjhVPB7-NaAA/s1000/arum%20italicum,%20baies-119555za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4TxBJAqULRBWQavohu-Tk4MH6Pd5s6N9k02hmELAkctqBZtmr52dpUe23IhhSg4c__1rwNnsQrQ2xcM8J6UnU_4IInLwdIIq05B9nW2rp6zIhDXT8pmplypFaO5PMCYVeOtqkO2Jg8tOF-DhmtEk6lqzoRJfd679-_Qk99UGRAOemripxjhVPB7-NaAA/w640-h426/arum%20italicum,%20baies-119555za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p> </p><p>Soon the berries will turn into a very attractive red. And as an extra, they are sweet! Take care, they are poisonous for us (but there are birds that can eat them without problems and sometimes also roe deer and small rodents).<br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyroqf9aZBzOywO0Sl1aNFAHWWH7eu5rouwKx5Dc2z3vzt-Edx9JHt9IREgC6YmNR7yR_VfzdRNO1s2P0-E1nSkUH-b_pfwc1o8VaRJWXH3HVA4puX_uNKb0yBAYoFTDCYwTLs84m_4BAaiv5XW7NjUYmRUVwTw8uKGYp-qNYUYkMSoKbQc7ZP_q1gjT4/s1000/arum%20italicum-132009z4b-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyroqf9aZBzOywO0Sl1aNFAHWWH7eu5rouwKx5Dc2z3vzt-Edx9JHt9IREgC6YmNR7yR_VfzdRNO1s2P0-E1nSkUH-b_pfwc1o8VaRJWXH3HVA4puX_uNKb0yBAYoFTDCYwTLs84m_4BAaiv5XW7NjUYmRUVwTw8uKGYp-qNYUYkMSoKbQc7ZP_q1gjT4/w640-h426/arum%20italicum-132009z4b-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p> </p><p>Only at the end of winter and early spring the attractively white-veined and speckled leaves can be found; they disappear when the flower spathes come out.
It is a perennial plant, an underground root system survives.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYQoyOiLt5whrHqDHNLyWzPwmTAagvDcyoZ46hhcmOtCEPNLmFaEbJwRYSR19soIXFBr1LMQfc_Or16EhHNx7ytYp5mRql7aHOP8M0lVhrio36uYcpgaiGP3UFVZY8Ic2aeFhznWcZeGT5mgX4WZLKZryzHGa7WFg-gEYcJdYpqOVRGZ49lJ_mGRNAajU/s1000/arum%20italicum-178030za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYQoyOiLt5whrHqDHNLyWzPwmTAagvDcyoZ46hhcmOtCEPNLmFaEbJwRYSR19soIXFBr1LMQfc_Or16EhHNx7ytYp5mRql7aHOP8M0lVhrio36uYcpgaiGP3UFVZY8Ic2aeFhznWcZeGT5mgX4WZLKZryzHGa7WFg-gEYcJdYpqOVRGZ49lJ_mGRNAajU/w640-h426/arum%20italicum-178030za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p> </p><p>Italian Lords-and-Ladies leaves withoput spots also exist, they are small and belong to young plants of the year.<br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981374565840305696.post-78383496341751993792023-03-24T11:34:00.096+01:002023-09-04T11:53:34.028+02:00Daffodil<p> </p><p>This flower that shows us its trumpet is a Daffodil (<i>Narcissus pseudonarcissus</i>). Its white tepals are nearly gone. Is it alone? </p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6rGz5lEnP6sRCI-JVZFZJwvtKL5ug_5g-WQ_AtZv77Y1JUnB7Lg899AST143sbniKH34CdOLtlcRjFw_41xiyDQcUcl93WVQ6k_0GVKgZsSlDKmCNy-u_X4-_vYwOtVtg85MjSwNgpkjVuwmAGAWWARZp0d2Yhp_aaFk8ohhaayY7mcVoL-FJ14ME/s1000/narcissus%20pseudonarcissus-234424zb-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6rGz5lEnP6sRCI-JVZFZJwvtKL5ug_5g-WQ_AtZv77Y1JUnB7Lg899AST143sbniKH34CdOLtlcRjFw_41xiyDQcUcl93WVQ6k_0GVKgZsSlDKmCNy-u_X4-_vYwOtVtg85MjSwNgpkjVuwmAGAWWARZp0d2Yhp_aaFk8ohhaayY7mcVoL-FJ14ME/w640-h426/narcissus%20pseudonarcissus-234424zb-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>Surely not, Daffodils mosty grow in large groups and here, on top of a cliff, everywhere on the forest floor you see its long green leaves. <br /></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhe-ysWw6waDNYqQPyAyQ4DmIeAbTp9Q50uEQgj1kHpfyOxEPlvL6vpxM_vXtmmDjts9fYHnUexCRmEeDqrcI6u1Gj_3sBfyahbtGEFdjtNzhPqq-rReHT9wRpP1Yd8CXm9Q9l1NodTkbrQc1RWrI9sAk8t2Hr1f_EJcLrszzJZCSl1JDmixKUnsP9/s1000/narcissus%20pseudonarcissus-234451za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhe-ysWw6waDNYqQPyAyQ4DmIeAbTp9Q50uEQgj1kHpfyOxEPlvL6vpxM_vXtmmDjts9fYHnUexCRmEeDqrcI6u1Gj_3sBfyahbtGEFdjtNzhPqq-rReHT9wRpP1Yd8CXm9Q9l1NodTkbrQc1RWrI9sAk8t2Hr1f_EJcLrszzJZCSl1JDmixKUnsP9/w640-h426/narcissus%20pseudonarcissus-234451za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p> </p><p>Most Daffodil bulbs only produce leaves. Only after some years and in favorable circumstances they will carry flowers. Many of those bulbs will never flower. Daffodils grow from seed but also from small bulbs that develop on older plants. Thus, in tens or maybe even hundreds of years, they can cover a large surface.</p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0gTKI63L8YET3pRmid52W7nuboKMs0CTVOe0Wg3XGKUkaH-TcGJOyFkHyI4lR-EWtYC1Kvmru6q9upoJ-BfL7yLPcKp2p7krFAQpwG8NxF-R1pLzpKHd5w_TqUYfLRSc4MMnxKNY2EDz9i7Bs77qG_j-5AOCb0Vb26h2wY1CnCIWbboI3J5aALLY/s1000/narcissus%20pseudonarcissus-234384za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0gTKI63L8YET3pRmid52W7nuboKMs0CTVOe0Wg3XGKUkaH-TcGJOyFkHyI4lR-EWtYC1Kvmru6q9upoJ-BfL7yLPcKp2p7krFAQpwG8NxF-R1pLzpKHd5w_TqUYfLRSc4MMnxKNY2EDz9i7Bs77qG_j-5AOCb0Vb26h2wY1CnCIWbboI3J5aALLY/w640-h426/narcissus%20pseudonarcissus-234384za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>Daffodils like humus and places with light shadow and not too dry soil. Here they grow high up a steep slope, out of reach from those who want to pick the flowers. In Dordogne, Daffodils are rare and they are so beautiful people like to get the bulbs for their garden, but here, they survive..<br /></p><p>This group on the edge of the cliff risks to loos equilibrium and to fall down. Indeed, below some plants grow, even if they don't flower. Maybe the result of earlier falls.</p><p> </p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQFr11f1v6W97s2bKdkXO6ht5KI30zXr4wIJMcdlmqL_d37bmda4jsymMLwOHagwybyCEhDaZENAZaxkpMb1thjydPOsXfrVZoONijkImaggjrypJolyTAN4tz8lz-I8Z7vL55grAT0ziTopSVpY6kAfLywbGCbHJYW8CaJKDCnJhtMeLKczUWBNEu/s1000/narcissus%20pseudonarcissus-234419za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQFr11f1v6W97s2bKdkXO6ht5KI30zXr4wIJMcdlmqL_d37bmda4jsymMLwOHagwybyCEhDaZENAZaxkpMb1thjydPOsXfrVZoONijkImaggjrypJolyTAN4tz8lz-I8Z7vL55grAT0ziTopSVpY6kAfLywbGCbHJYW8CaJKDCnJhtMeLKczUWBNEu/w640-h426/narcissus%20pseudonarcissus-234419za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p> </p><p>The wild Daffodil is at the origin of many cultivars, sometime after hybridization with other Narcissus. But those plants here are really wild. They are smaller that garden Daffodils and yellow and white instead of yellow.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifeH0GA1DGIY8yD1RmNXhsWqgIAqOXp_ue9zRMl-VHBvfmNcS96qX4kvOW0Bt9GJbulFY0DoN9PMmNKCq1ZZ4JqMD3cjDkGd9evY1hlBK3eUEHb3rcbSpDqJLRFSK8FqYukyvZne_cq5pEIpdC0oL_-MnqZ9PreQ8K53ALIJZvt30GHIgGC8AJ1ZM3/s1000/narcissus%20pseudonarcissus-234439zb-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifeH0GA1DGIY8yD1RmNXhsWqgIAqOXp_ue9zRMl-VHBvfmNcS96qX4kvOW0Bt9GJbulFY0DoN9PMmNKCq1ZZ4JqMD3cjDkGd9evY1hlBK3eUEHb3rcbSpDqJLRFSK8FqYukyvZne_cq5pEIpdC0oL_-MnqZ9PreQ8K53ALIJZvt30GHIgGC8AJ1ZM3/w640-h426/narcissus%20pseudonarcissus-234439zb-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p> </p><p>The
microclimat makes a difference, in the place high up there are clearly more plants still flowering. More sun, less wind, more shade from the rocks?</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981374565840305696.post-16744133373220436112023-03-08T12:52:00.006+01:002023-03-08T12:55:40.134+01:00Grey Willow<p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Those <span>branches are somewhat ridged, if you remove the bark you can see that the wood is striated. This is typical for the Grey Willow (<i>Salix atrocinerea</i>). Often it is difficult to distinguish the different Willow species, still more so because they easily form hybrids. In Dordogne, Grey Willow is the commonest species.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRW89oFJpRM2CnfJWVaVHGeO_D9pZjdU8BvJGSwdhQpUdQflO_Ld7d_ewk9deO_oHKqj0QvJPY_5tZbOgYf_0DQaz06cTxueg-_4fMjHDdhYU3WYQzWPzLXVOi4Q9rbo85uYLvu-eFpMLrhkCjr7ClBFLZ8wDU1tmqgbJxAEPnuE14QAQP-HYwQwcF/s1000/salix%20atrocinerea-115111zzb-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: helvetica; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRW89oFJpRM2CnfJWVaVHGeO_D9pZjdU8BvJGSwdhQpUdQflO_Ld7d_ewk9deO_oHKqj0QvJPY_5tZbOgYf_0DQaz06cTxueg-_4fMjHDdhYU3WYQzWPzLXVOi4Q9rbo85uYLvu-eFpMLrhkCjr7ClBFLZ8wDU1tmqgbJxAEPnuE14QAQP-HYwQwcF/w640-h426/salix%20atrocinerea-115111zzb-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This big bush or small tree grows nearly everywhere in places where it is wet enough during a large part of the year.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXCcmrcxRpLQAjeDL_MX8_h2bbLkcnXGd0LcRYRCgKP2jpYwyUSzBPYMlDRSbTjzoMAx61z_1eNSmalbDrPsEx9qZp8sOQbWt5HlvKR9dyqm1vgd6xFI4WuvTlaAJLmR5zhCCRaicuBFyH2vDCW_uPtk2duFxpKW2qrILGmy_6wvrVvppAnsksGZ4d/s991/salix%20atrocinerea-115264za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: helvetica; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="659" data-original-width="991" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXCcmrcxRpLQAjeDL_MX8_h2bbLkcnXGd0LcRYRCgKP2jpYwyUSzBPYMlDRSbTjzoMAx61z_1eNSmalbDrPsEx9qZp8sOQbWt5HlvKR9dyqm1vgd6xFI4WuvTlaAJLmR5zhCCRaicuBFyH2vDCW_uPtk2duFxpKW2qrILGmy_6wvrVvppAnsksGZ4d/w640-h426/salix%20atrocinerea-115264za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Here an old specimen on the edge of a pond. It has finished flowering before the new leaves appear, and now the male catkins that lost their pollen have fallen and now float on the water surface.
The <i>Salicaceae</i> (Willow and Poplar family) are all dioeciousc. This means they have flowers with only pistils or only stamens, never both of them, and on every individual plant you find only pistillate or only staminate flowers, never both of them.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg91u27aUBI05jfH__-7SLZEJg20CKpI2sWThPBMOHRdanGPxi6Eq4IagqVoDMv052bus3w0NV12blKdIceoSgZZqj8bFlYNWXnOPB_dZ3O3emn9x3jxkMhMIKriIlyxR4YyYAC-zzWyL02DUtSMPIKegMHirYMbJLdV3GKWAMS6cCMnIPsc7848qyd/s1000/salix%20atrocinerea-115108za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: helvetica; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg91u27aUBI05jfH__-7SLZEJg20CKpI2sWThPBMOHRdanGPxi6Eq4IagqVoDMv052bus3w0NV12blKdIceoSgZZqj8bFlYNWXnOPB_dZ3O3emn9x3jxkMhMIKriIlyxR4YyYAC-zzWyL02DUtSMPIKegMHirYMbJLdV3GKWAMS6cCMnIPsc7848qyd/w640-h426/salix%20atrocinerea-115108za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The catkins are downy, maybe that's why they are called 'catkins', But when they are in full bloom you don't see the downy hairs, the long filaments of the stamens topped with yellow pollen are longer than the hairs. In every catkin there are dozens of flowers, each with two stamens.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWnVXyBIesVYQUH4vr64bW80okgf7Tf86oaT7olcMFROqmiinbRkwn0fp-X52w-b68UfwVPSISTPdBsfbMlbCEORv2_F8I4Qezf5APlZfMR4eVzKq-j_TrYw_HPrLqOqOWxO3vuaMttftZMgMVCmaxM8zVopF9nCwbEwkBTgwq6UJ3srcyhatzOYw/s1000/salix%20atrocinerea,%20ch%C3%A2ton%20pistill%C3%A9-234026za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: helvetica; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWnVXyBIesVYQUH4vr64bW80okgf7Tf86oaT7olcMFROqmiinbRkwn0fp-X52w-b68UfwVPSISTPdBsfbMlbCEORv2_F8I4Qezf5APlZfMR4eVzKq-j_TrYw_HPrLqOqOWxO3vuaMttftZMgMVCmaxM8zVopF9nCwbEwkBTgwq6UJ3srcyhatzOYw/w640-h426/salix%20atrocinerea,%20ch%C3%A2ton%20pistill%C3%A9-234026za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The female catkins here are growing and turning from grey to green, they begin to open up. As woth male catkins there are dozens of flowersin each catkin. Every flower bears a gourd-like structure that ends in a yellow tip. This is the carpel that later on will carry the seed with its yellow pistils.</span><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrniDJdylr45a3Ya-whD1djkr19_7wemSkMZsV0txelK8kYw47micV2lg67wKGQxmxs0yLeCWMneQebG_Dm8-E1sLuL_Vq84EP3ajgHLh3L_hNi5-LA4RfwwiBvj0VO26azKsxBy8r6qj0Y5bSa7qn_PCdHTelQfZQZlCB9K-RSP0yCnkXoFsihne_/s1000/salix%20atrocinerea,%20ch%C3%A2ton%20pistill%C3%A9-234028zb-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: helvetica; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrniDJdylr45a3Ya-whD1djkr19_7wemSkMZsV0txelK8kYw47micV2lg67wKGQxmxs0yLeCWMneQebG_Dm8-E1sLuL_Vq84EP3ajgHLh3L_hNi5-LA4RfwwiBvj0VO26azKsxBy8r6qj0Y5bSa7qn_PCdHTelQfZQZlCB9K-RSP0yCnkXoFsihne_/w640-h426/salix%20atrocinerea,%20ch%C3%A2ton%20pistill%C3%A9-234028zb-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Some long-awaited raindrops don't do much harm. A leaf of last year has not fallen, in Grey Willow it is more oval than long.</span><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981374565840305696.post-23561795162915131852022-10-23T16:49:00.003+02:002022-10-23T16:52:19.695+02:00European Umbrella Milkwort<p> </p><p>We are at the end of october but when you look at this field you could think it is May, so many flowers!</p><p>Most of them are species that flower as well before as after the drought and hotness of summer, and the little bit of rain that has fallen since then is enough for them to flower. The clovers grown here for fodder are definitely a minority.</p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqW1cTOMDk2oC4zSvpLbm_5tFiBBEnddQUJJWEMO6iKl9E3-KmbHxdx8p8G2cBBkbMBMP8gJit9TPkr9iOJuu_zkYE1aUCz8x1DISJxDFBN2frlVIhUSwxf0ipJL1rcOIRB-6b-vT-uWdt5lCo3QZouKFFfF4ytRSB_4m-8O57lNE1kbGmEedD2k32/s1000/tolpis%20umbellata,%20champ-222787za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqW1cTOMDk2oC4zSvpLbm_5tFiBBEnddQUJJWEMO6iKl9E3-KmbHxdx8p8G2cBBkbMBMP8gJit9TPkr9iOJuu_zkYE1aUCz8x1DISJxDFBN2frlVIhUSwxf0ipJL1rcOIRB-6b-vT-uWdt5lCo3QZouKFFfF4ytRSB_4m-8O57lNE1kbGmEedD2k32/w640-h426/tolpis%20umbellata,%20champ-222787za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In this field on sandy soil on the edge of a Sweet Chestnut forest a small flower with unusual colours is very obvious.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUODn9k1tpBZH72GdELMMUwJ_F6GA5VPRigeTBBZQqsewtGNfcgrCPPaKxwcHtrMRLPaPhUdZ7vSvS-uL-t245RXY2FSLk2dzHB12ylAa2w5gDVlEqlTS8Dr1-SkFQLwwOrrhqRpb0o739aS8tv1aNkoQo2KNhKJhYs4cx9bhmcBBWUGNOrbnJH_0U/s1000/tolpis%20umbellata,%20champ-222808za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUODn9k1tpBZH72GdELMMUwJ_F6GA5VPRigeTBBZQqsewtGNfcgrCPPaKxwcHtrMRLPaPhUdZ7vSvS-uL-t245RXY2FSLk2dzHB12ylAa2w5gDVlEqlTS8Dr1-SkFQLwwOrrhqRpb0o739aS8tv1aNkoQo2KNhKJhYs4cx9bhmcBBWUGNOrbnJH_0U/w640-h426/tolpis%20umbellata,%20champ-222808za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <p></p><p> </p><p>European Umbrella Milkword (<i>Tolpis umbellata</i>) is an Asteraceae. In its flower heads we see pale yellow radiating flowers around a dark red heart.</p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjazT4Vt1ZuI7NJdnKP00XhTKgC8ce6mVs5QDy0u1aVKX3tOvMtF3OLJnIG6etBtBvbocoi9DChBzZGr68BAUkYG3FY2p3eW37ruDXafvpdJl-OAUzivw7gOfl6m7CrJSVddHXlVEV_w9VnjhLpdWE5mG_U9ksA2c9aDCMZqCxMg96C9WTX4uG0tM65/s999/tolpis%20umbellata-222832za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="999" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjazT4Vt1ZuI7NJdnKP00XhTKgC8ce6mVs5QDy0u1aVKX3tOvMtF3OLJnIG6etBtBvbocoi9DChBzZGr68BAUkYG3FY2p3eW37ruDXafvpdJl-OAUzivw7gOfl6m7CrJSVddHXlVEV_w9VnjhLpdWE5mG_U9ksA2c9aDCMZqCxMg96C9WTX4uG0tM65/w640-h426/tolpis%20umbellata-222832za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p> </p><p>Every ligulate flower has only one petal fringed at its end. The exterior ligulate flowers are much larger than the lemon yellow and red interior ones. The pistils are nearly invisible in the picture, they are hidden in the flowers. Only some small spots of yellow pollen are visible.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL7h2PnG_Ib6vJ-9GHPHS5r54p5VLNPZ5dr8C_KAUyElG8yNVw4QnYsGeckCp7JudMmt8pAPWIsfq0KZ5z1e2sErwVUxbLotawSb1Nz_l9fGP-pEuu4vjaNc4UCLD8kMDWkEBqM1vwGDazhRj5iu8q87GNLrGJCFICH40pUOZf4We6eLArZWrT0eSZ/s999/tolpis%20umbellata-222817zb-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="999" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL7h2PnG_Ib6vJ-9GHPHS5r54p5VLNPZ5dr8C_KAUyElG8yNVw4QnYsGeckCp7JudMmt8pAPWIsfq0KZ5z1e2sErwVUxbLotawSb1Nz_l9fGP-pEuu4vjaNc4UCLD8kMDWkEBqM1vwGDazhRj5iu8q87GNLrGJCFICH40pUOZf4We6eLArZWrT0eSZ/w640-h426/tolpis%20umbellata-222817zb-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p> </p><p>The flowers in the flower head are surrounded by bracts that have all the same length and are covered by grey felt hairs. A second row of longer and irregular bracts form a kind of crown under the flower head. A bit lower on the stem also some bract-like leaves can be seen.<br /></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIiTMfUBVpRMAfJgc4EATGHuwZGF5DPeVKDAc1vGrBWJEv6uH9FbZBMSo7sLWF7Uf4QHYfcoS88YLwJ9sAF_bbg22XPSoxjES63Bwfzh338eO43p6cL6YhQfMvSU4moYPTCH0FrgHvhGX4yr-PrxrSgVmfCDP4LLGMnaM91RPMxRI0CNxdUe6m-_w2/s1000/tolpis%20umbellata-222823za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIiTMfUBVpRMAfJgc4EATGHuwZGF5DPeVKDAc1vGrBWJEv6uH9FbZBMSo7sLWF7Uf4QHYfcoS88YLwJ9sAF_bbg22XPSoxjES63Bwfzh338eO43p6cL6YhQfMvSU4moYPTCH0FrgHvhGX4yr-PrxrSgVmfCDP4LLGMnaM91RPMxRI0CNxdUe6m-_w2/w640-h426/tolpis%20umbellata-222823za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /> </p><p>European Umbrella Milkwort is a mediterranean plant and it is not often found in Dordogne, it is at the limit of its area. You could think that with climate change it could become more common here. That's not sure at all, to flourish it needs agricultural fields on sandy soil without herbicide and fertilizer. And this type of habitat is disappearing in Dordogne.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981374565840305696.post-17375757994121491552022-10-20T15:38:00.013+02:002022-10-23T16:32:02.182+02:00Annual Ragweed<p> </p><p>It is a beautiful plant, Annual Ragweed (<i>Ambrosia artemisiifolia</i>).
It comes from the Americas and it feels at home in France. A bit too much, you could possibly say. Some years ago it was nowhere to be seen, and now it is everywhere.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaqeqmPkqG_1YY76dav9kcvDVSdgMT8tuMGJ0mZglSBTyfA-yDRI_iVyGDNvJAGuJWJntX9jORySQ_Pknv5AuJ70joTPadrfCP0QuFAw_eNelwDKsagVstF0_2CFH9kG0peX95yionkbmzHHw1lJHZih57Si6Lee5mU8K0kw0tVfQg1Ig8qXWvdz9Kzw/s1000/ambrosia%20artemisiifolia-222348zaa-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaqeqmPkqG_1YY76dav9kcvDVSdgMT8tuMGJ0mZglSBTyfA-yDRI_iVyGDNvJAGuJWJntX9jORySQ_Pknv5AuJ70joTPadrfCP0QuFAw_eNelwDKsagVstF0_2CFH9kG0peX95yionkbmzHHw1lJHZih57Si6Lee5mU8K0kw0tVfQg1Ig8qXWvdz9Kzw/w640-h426/ambrosia%20artemisiifolia-222348zaa-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a> </p><p>It grows upright like a small Xmas tree with many branches, and every branch carries a lot of flowers.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjATzh966ZJmmTfIPRwjjehZDzgL0uXk2_G6GQhCx54AmQxvlhZ2aRRpGu5Qc4JaWnv152i8XGfLOk1Tgvocl2XoUXJDqp8jH2mYoi2FCXiAfg3zKDfhgg3viXIg3bZGyaF0hL2a3EtWw5dGxysFrQ2UxuWa8ySnIT_Rwyd47smZwiVyW0sWlJDs1VTzQ/s5891/ambrosia%20artemisiifolia-222288zza-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3927" data-original-width="5891" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjATzh966ZJmmTfIPRwjjehZDzgL0uXk2_G6GQhCx54AmQxvlhZ2aRRpGu5Qc4JaWnv152i8XGfLOk1Tgvocl2XoUXJDqp8jH2mYoi2FCXiAfg3zKDfhgg3viXIg3bZGyaF0hL2a3EtWw5dGxysFrQ2UxuWa8ySnIT_Rwyd47smZwiVyW0sWlJDs1VTzQ/w640-h426/ambrosia%20artemisiifolia-222288zza-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>The red colour of those branches nicely contrasts with the tender green of the fern-like leaves and the tiny pale flowers.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJizRYi3O1AUFj8SejWTJhMAQZwRbxMe_Y3AnQHgTnYRdtNUN6C70Y-lEa-tEidXj31o2cw3DaAzzoCbz9nURzPv31_ePV1xm9ZSuNXG8LS7jKY_H-GHu9C68-DvUW8bDFfNndst9of1PzO99xLATd8KA2ajAIq50RaEn8_lipIQfowga7HGQfqBJTw/s1000/ambrosia%20artemisiifolia-219571zaa-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJizRYi3O1AUFj8SejWTJhMAQZwRbxMe_Y3AnQHgTnYRdtNUN6C70Y-lEa-tEidXj31o2cw3DaAzzoCbz9nURzPv31_ePV1xm9ZSuNXG8LS7jKY_H-GHu9C68-DvUW8bDFfNndst9of1PzO99xLATd8KA2ajAIq50RaEn8_lipIQfowga7HGQfqBJTw/w640-h426/ambrosia%20artemisiifolia-219571zaa-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p></p><p>It is a monoic plant, which means it has flowers with pollen and flowers with pistils but no flowers with both. Here above the male flowers just begin to loose the yellow pollen. Some female flowers with long white protruding pistils are also visible. The pollen is dispersed with the wind.<br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrC1VbPORoeJmRIwTO9aqqiAfiNbFB46JxATRnTwuZ7zJWEdYwSgaDZlYJTBwR-TlAiAg62A9FgE2BjRjuM32cbvG1hQ3XG18qu_mzAsyCa3Mh00kkGAN-5fNM4lKDfgiKaeZVr1YDG9R3zvLIakpdddsbyRMAdQKIhQQFo5PPQ61j_-vOUVvivy4kjA/s1000/ambrosia%20artemisiifolia-219564za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrC1VbPORoeJmRIwTO9aqqiAfiNbFB46JxATRnTwuZ7zJWEdYwSgaDZlYJTBwR-TlAiAg62A9FgE2BjRjuM32cbvG1hQ3XG18qu_mzAsyCa3Mh00kkGAN-5fNM4lKDfgiKaeZVr1YDG9R3zvLIakpdddsbyRMAdQKIhQQFo5PPQ61j_-vOUVvivy4kjA/w640-h426/ambrosia%20artemisiifolia-219564za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>It is an annual plant that can form large colonies. Her grows Annual Ragweed in a cereal field after harvest. The seeds have germinated in spring and began to grow somewhat later than the cereals. When the combine harvester passed the little plants were too small to be damaged by it. After harvest there was no longer any competition from the cereals and they could grow fast and big.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8asmSv_Xl6_EI03gDArOCMXeZqzodqukR-4Nu96IT_Mjo2rBJS-OYJOz0e6OrYVaZSqE3hf0LC9IBqsOfTQq6KezEP1imrgjKHskvzgu9WvbkYtDGNAjZOVBJSQSqkrEt3bARyJ-o371GXtj6cKtGDaLd41wMNQuOzd3gUa3QhSKqwMl0S8STaGtPg/s1000/ambrosia%20artemisiifolia,%20station-222654za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8asmSv_Xl6_EI03gDArOCMXeZqzodqukR-4Nu96IT_Mjo2rBJS-OYJOz0e6OrYVaZSqE3hf0LC9IBqsOfTQq6KezEP1imrgjKHskvzgu9WvbkYtDGNAjZOVBJSQSqkrEt3bARyJ-o371GXtj6cKtGDaLd41wMNQuOzd3gUa3QhSKqwMl0S8STaGtPg/w640-h426/ambrosia%20artemisiifolia,%20station-222654za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p> </p><p>In Septembre the field turned yellow, not because of the hot and dry weather but because of a herbicide treatment the farmer put in place to get rid of weeds. It worked very well, there are not many plants alive anymore on the field. With one exception: Annual Ragweed plants are still green and producing a lot of seeds.<br /></p><p>If coming spring the circumstances are favorable, those grains will germinate. They need a well-worked soil with only little competition from other plants. The farmer will do what he can to achieve this. He already killed other plants, and with his next passage with tractor and harrow he will break up the soil. Thus a good seed bed will be prepared. Ar the same time he will scatter the seeds, not only in this field but also elsewhere in other fields. This is very effective because modern tractors do much more kilometers a day as those of our grand-parents. A good crop of Annuel Ragweed is almost guaranteed.</p><p>Di farmers really want to cultivate Annual Ragweed? Of course not, this plant is not useful for them and unedible for humans or animals. Its pollen is allergenic and a single plant can produce a lot of it. In a few years, Annual Ragweed can cover a large surface and thus prevent other, more desirable, plants to grow. It is not sensitive to frost nor to drought and it can survive under many circumstances. In short it is a nuisance for the farmer. Moreover, there is a legal obligation to destroy it and do do what one can to eradicate it.</p><p>Is it possible to eradicate it? Maybe, but then farmers really need to dedicate themselves to the task. Chemical destruction is difficult - Annual ragweed is resistant to many weedkillers - and only useful when done at the right moment, before the plant begins to produce seeds. The same for mechanical destruction by mowing or crushing that should be repeated often to avoid re-growth. To grow a perennial crop that covers the soil as alfalfa or clover can help but then there are no cereals or corn. <br /></p><p>Is it advisable to eradicate it? In any case there will be a lot of collateral damage. While destroing Annual Ragweed you also destroy other species living in the fields. Plants, among which rare species that need a specific habitat, insects, soil species and all life that depends on them. There is a reason why the number of swallows is going down so fast! Also, it happens rarely we manage to eradicate an invasive species even if we really do our best. To mention a few well-known exemples: There are still rabbits in Australia and Asian hornets are still in expansion in France. Same story for Japanese Knotweed or Water Primrose<span style="font-family: inherit;">, to mention some plants</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">. There is no reason at all to assume it would be different for Annual Ragweed.</span> <br /></p><p>A real conundrum. <br /></p><p>What to do (or not to do) with Annual Ragweed and other exotic and invasive plants?</p><p>Good question...</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1lT6_TgbjqOlHBSbv2rE17Z-t7JN6dZOdhIaSyyH2NkzJHPOMnV0waqZcWYCTY8bW_OGnpFexveCDaGcDacq_cAwrzjRsbikvXzF1lbE8BbPFyFx5R0cFX59OQWUq9ITgddh980DnfNu9dIfgQ_zl_Y9KQ73tbnsu5hXuOvTxXwjVOFKtRq_NvPW1/s999/ambrosia%20artemisiifolia-222295za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="999" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1lT6_TgbjqOlHBSbv2rE17Z-t7JN6dZOdhIaSyyH2NkzJHPOMnV0waqZcWYCTY8bW_OGnpFexveCDaGcDacq_cAwrzjRsbikvXzF1lbE8BbPFyFx5R0cFX59OQWUq9ITgddh980DnfNu9dIfgQ_zl_Y9KQ73tbnsu5hXuOvTxXwjVOFKtRq_NvPW1/w640-h426/ambrosia%20artemisiifolia-222295za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981374565840305696.post-1709057750329923732022-08-18T10:47:00.129+02:002022-08-20T11:15:23.430+02:00Thornapple<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>In this arable field grew about 130 different species of spontaneous plants. Mostly those 'weeds' were <i>messicoles</i>, plants with a life cycle adapted to cereals. Most of them were small or very small, nearly invisible between the triticale stalks.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Now everything has changed. Some years ago the tenancy has been taken over and the new tenant and this farmer uses different techniques. As a consequence the weeds have changed also. The smaller <i>messicoles</i> are gone and other species appeared, big vigourous plants that occupy a lot of space. There are only about thirty different species now, but those are present in large amounts. They are very competitive annual plants that grow fast when there is a lot of nitrogen in the soil, and they multiply quickly. They profit from circumstances fit for corn or sunflowers or another row crop where a lot of fertilizer is used. Because those weeds are less sensitive as other spontaneaous plants to herbicides or fungicides they can survive for a long time even in intensively treated fields.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5f2KslyzR3sbIXt6imd13qgEQpBRE0d0uVxW-igQQOU3VWuTYzUy0YRayRhucAXMCc6oR8U-JixuHAxKGYPE-qXO5Z6d-7m_0OC1nXnmtKvu_0seWfGILosgTUlKArUlbP6Oml5BM0QhqBe00VWEcECc3_PW8Av_XLkDYpFkpIKQo_Ero3AqTyKGG/s999/datura%20stramonium-219500zza-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="999" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5f2KslyzR3sbIXt6imd13qgEQpBRE0d0uVxW-igQQOU3VWuTYzUy0YRayRhucAXMCc6oR8U-JixuHAxKGYPE-qXO5Z6d-7m_0OC1nXnmtKvu_0seWfGILosgTUlKArUlbP6Oml5BM0QhqBe00VWEcECc3_PW8Av_XLkDYpFkpIKQo_Ero3AqTyKGG/w640-h427/datura%20stramonium-219500zza-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a><span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>A beautiful exemplar of Thornapple (<i>Datura stramonium</i>)
grows here. A small plant newly germed when the triticale was still growing, became after harvest in just a few weeks a big plant</span><span>.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0j-Y3xmYRtBdeyUUJ-HRT6vzCDZrhr6D213GmCqmA0t8MwFqEXCJszeykm_8GoSPK3GVtzqt2lVOWPWxgV12ueWtq9CMk__8ye2mH9ngQioSDuBqJkjWr41wf7lYXvXQMzaK5K5FkHLUywZYITsGKGesxPBOMNDhMN7BETm_LTILPmEMtoJoANDH/s1000/datura%20stramonium-204170za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0j-Y3xmYRtBdeyUUJ-HRT6vzCDZrhr6D213GmCqmA0t8MwFqEXCJszeykm_8GoSPK3GVtzqt2lVOWPWxgV12ueWtq9CMk__8ye2mH9ngQioSDuBqJkjWr41wf7lYXvXQMzaK5K5FkHLUywZYITsGKGesxPBOMNDhMN7BETm_LTILPmEMtoJoANDH/w640-h426/datura%20stramonium-204170za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Here a colony in a corn field. Thornapple is part of the Nightshade (<i>Solanaceae</i>) family, and like many other Nightshades ot is very poisonous and farmers don't like to have it in their fields. But it is not easy to get rid of it.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMbAK8-G2aEir8v4qeRBi47myZNVBhNgYxYjLaeifzo7LDaEAmnfNP64B9TJi9LaG52PWts8Nq4b-YrcKVtjd4zKwmO0Mq1Pp8q9h8bPlJMmy6XuvlycBXjQoUvgYN-gfQNgJ5Ay5TLJlRWBPgw2reiU1zb7DV1qlWBKOxYjjC4UR7PkkcO4yMyB1P/s1000/datura%20stramonium-222323za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMbAK8-G2aEir8v4qeRBi47myZNVBhNgYxYjLaeifzo7LDaEAmnfNP64B9TJi9LaG52PWts8Nq4b-YrcKVtjd4zKwmO0Mq1Pp8q9h8bPlJMmy6XuvlycBXjQoUvgYN-gfQNgJ5Ay5TLJlRWBPgw2reiU1zb7DV1qlWBKOxYjjC4UR7PkkcO4yMyB1P/w640-h426/datura%20stramonium-222323za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a><span>The big flowers open only in the daytime. They are trumpet-shaped with pointed leaves, very decorative.</span></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwcoH_sqLvUItc6qT7NgwgJd4g4vH9PRWHUljTeg4GOvKP-pVWfS3ZZtH5VhYIWrWkJfWTBv92nbOalRiV-EeQuPwUxQvv-73gvdKSNMzoYZcEeSvQTmbYzYq1jw0PjKmurQXCwLXJCWjZkQX3lTCHIyo6BpPaJv5AAEP6hMhCTzkQEXdTzFi8dc4/s1000/datura%20stramonium-199469za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwcoH_sqLvUItc6qT7NgwgJd4g4vH9PRWHUljTeg4GOvKP-pVWfS3ZZtH5VhYIWrWkJfWTBv92nbOalRiV-EeQuPwUxQvv-73gvdKSNMzoYZcEeSvQTmbYzYq1jw0PjKmurQXCwLXJCWjZkQX3lTCHIyo6BpPaJv5AAEP6hMhCTzkQEXdTzFi8dc4/w640-h426/datura%20stramonium-199469za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Also the spiny fruits are decorative. They contain many black seeds that easily disperse and germinate. Everywhere, not only in cultivated fields but also in ruderal spots. </span></span><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdN7bgnoHwP53gSVuiNltqPlCczU065ScN46gcCAn3VPCqixIi6-ukoIvHfQKgb2hZCtuuParDAYU6Dgzx7grHMfA6El79Pg7dp-Jt_OTARiqEr2KEfsMZduqgNO4yi7z972FdnyrR5xmo4XH1vni6nPm9q6im8txolhr_0sBLXZYgOIeeXbMKrzqu/s1000/datura%20stramonium-199463za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdN7bgnoHwP53gSVuiNltqPlCczU065ScN46gcCAn3VPCqixIi6-ukoIvHfQKgb2hZCtuuParDAYU6Dgzx7grHMfA6El79Pg7dp-Jt_OTARiqEr2KEfsMZduqgNO4yi7z972FdnyrR5xmo4XH1vni6nPm9q6im8txolhr_0sBLXZYgOIeeXbMKrzqu/w640-h426/datura%20stramonium-199463za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>At the end of the season most of its leaves have fallen and only the skeletal branches are left. Surely a tractor brought the seeds, in the mud on its wheels or in its wagon with rubble and sand.</span></span><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> </span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981374565840305696.post-90847798940982353392022-07-04T10:07:00.005+02:002022-08-20T11:14:28.343+02:00Common Cudweed<p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span>It is not exceptional at all when a plant adapts itself to a life near us, humans. Agriculture created possibilities for many wildflowers. The tilling of the soil at regular intervals eliminates competion from other plants for space, food, water and light and softens up the soil so seeds can germinate and form roots more easily.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span>Common Cudweed (<i>Filago pyramidata</i>)
grows in agricultural fields, in fallow lands and in habitats that resemble those. Apparently it has some resistance against herbicides and fungicides commonly used in cereal fields because they are quite common. For that matter, the harvested field here is organic.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLAEhX-I1RJ-tv9ZneoAVyUVvsULbyHY2nNNRlOIJj_EXsbT19l6N4LCdiUG5i-4t19RKcz_7PnGb6_mzxtYNCte8icbgmR0OuDWpoulv3inoapj5u9ZdsfW-aD79QMClFjCW3F115VNoghwGOIuIW1A1Jsbh3fhD5bUnQuirlTcvpzSrJ6-o0FzX/s1000/filago%20germanica-219508zza.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLAEhX-I1RJ-tv9ZneoAVyUVvsULbyHY2nNNRlOIJj_EXsbT19l6N4LCdiUG5i-4t19RKcz_7PnGb6_mzxtYNCte8icbgmR0OuDWpoulv3inoapj5u9ZdsfW-aD79QMClFjCW3F115VNoghwGOIuIW1A1Jsbh3fhD5bUnQuirlTcvpzSrJ6-o0FzX/w640-h426/filago%20germanica-219508zza.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span>Common Cudweed is a rather stiff plant with at the end of every candelabra-shaped branch a round head with small yellow flowers. It is grey-green, stalks and leaves are covered in felt-like hairs that protects them against drying out and maybe also agains predator insects.</span></span></span><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span>Like all plants of the Composite (<i>Asteraceae)</i> family it has composite flower heads. In this case they are doubly composite. Whzat you see is a round ball with small yellowish pointed structures.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrjnRWB0Df6b-TEvy63PTlKFIHXvzJASrHwOlPYqNoB6hhYOaqlZZXRF1jomw9jzNUf8BrpVnVXv4gePy80DIekHlS8pt1QFYCZy8CnAS51UnS9LbQzXsFNedbvlQA_qJzHv7zTcM7nuozLMZV1GyqpAYgI_nTlIbk2TBXDHH6YtvidPrrSN7MjOp/s1000/filago%20germanica-219514zaa.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrjnRWB0Df6b-TEvy63PTlKFIHXvzJASrHwOlPYqNoB6hhYOaqlZZXRF1jomw9jzNUf8BrpVnVXv4gePy80DIekHlS8pt1QFYCZy8CnAS51UnS9LbQzXsFNedbvlQA_qJzHv7zTcM7nuozLMZV1GyqpAYgI_nTlIbk2TBXDHH6YtvidPrrSN7MjOp/w640-h426/filago%20germanica-219514zaa.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span>Every yellow point is a flower head of about 5 mm lenght with some tubular flowers surrounded by green bracts and spiderweb-like hairs that give it a felty appearance. Twenty or thirty of those flower heads for a round ball wuth at its base two or three larger bracts. And every plant can carry dozens of those balls. How many flowers produces Common Cudweed? May be hub=ndreds, with also hundreds of seeds to give it a good chance for dispersal and survival.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span>This makes it different from the 'real' <i>messicoles</i>, plants from arable fields completely adapted to cereal cultures, with a life cycle with the same periodicity as cereals and not many seeds, often the same size as wheat so they can be harvested and sown with them.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_IJhjm4JttY4IAAOP6U7WgreK_ZOqB-TTrYMR54lQu08AnQgZvg_gAH4n7Nu0KIHeRfLawXshwkiG2gL0dbCQzraoDuRiqsbiPxxMlRARiucS1Km1COXUE37L3i4ERbneC-d2uwBIXHyusUaQ4zcsAVxr3RU-axIsSjzou2V8GE3Dmpn3iTaDa7n6/s1000/filago%20germanica-183623za.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_IJhjm4JttY4IAAOP6U7WgreK_ZOqB-TTrYMR54lQu08AnQgZvg_gAH4n7Nu0KIHeRfLawXshwkiG2gL0dbCQzraoDuRiqsbiPxxMlRARiucS1Km1COXUE37L3i4ERbneC-d2uwBIXHyusUaQ4zcsAVxr3RU-axIsSjzou2V8GE3Dmpn3iTaDa7n6/w640-h426/filago%20germanica-183623za.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span>In a field left fallow for a year many different plants grow. Between the Fescues (the long blond grasses) you
can see yellow Saint-John's-worts and also big tufts of Common Cudweed.</span></span></span><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5tYbi1dc_zZF6pbu1Awryc6eciuRdFoVXmVZF-OT9uXm_vIZs4YEqz6scaBb8OIv5RZXwdW2Wm4uuyRuhKbLa5opghKtTZWKkZMqyYauIHY9Z43SD2ScyoXhcYb7DDF0j7oRpAYCRHyj_Gb9-ehmoGwcLN43XoXoY0q3qq0OAtTRPyy_20UFLjRe/s1000/filago%20germanica-222056za.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5tYbi1dc_zZF6pbu1Awryc6eciuRdFoVXmVZF-OT9uXm_vIZs4YEqz6scaBb8OIv5RZXwdW2Wm4uuyRuhKbLa5opghKtTZWKkZMqyYauIHY9Z43SD2ScyoXhcYb7DDF0j7oRpAYCRHyj_Gb9-ehmoGwcLN43XoXoY0q3qq0OAtTRPyy_20UFLjRe/w640-h426/filago%20germanica-222056za.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span>Here, Common Cudweed has dried out even if it is surrounded by a lot of still green plants. Why is it already nearly dead? I don't know. The field is dry and poor, destinated to become a truffle plantation. Also this year there were weeks with a lot of rain but also weeks with very hot and dry weather, and many plants grew faster and taller than usually. Maybe Common Cudweed has made already his seeds and now it has decided its season is over before summer. We cannot ask it.</span></span></span><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span> </span></span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981374565840305696.post-45257931352933363852022-07-03T12:23:00.005+02:002022-08-20T11:14:39.501+02:00Black Spleenwort<p><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">After a year and a half, here again plants portraits from Perigord in this blog. <br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Ferns are spore plants. In their life cycle very small plantlets called prothalli develop from spores. The prothallus does not look at all like a fern as we know it. Structures for sexual reproduction, also very small, grow in its surface and after fecundation the sporophyte, the 'real' fern, the plant we recognize easily as such, begins to growis born. If the fern is mature it begins to produce spores and the cycle can start again.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Most ferns need humidity in the prothallic stage, without moisture there cannot be fecundation. No problem in mointainous areas with shadowy slopes and lots of water flowing over rocks, but here in Dordogne where water seeps away through porous limestone it can be more complicated.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">So Perigord is not especially rich in ferns. But especially in wooded valleys there are beautiful spots full of ferns. Like here below, on an old path where the remains of the stone walls that bordered it once are still visible.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxyd2E-NE-Zjp8GEmmLMFC61ySjInK_3kZNkm6K0C2xeqSb2pR5uf-Rx-QQFGeKfuUE7Gviz9_x5jhDHAiydagg1LGVMjoB2tV2_DxBskdBFzpe7zn2g46NjnsSzQa-9guEe_xCsKKmAHyFqCd6ygQ3ChQs79Hql0UE8GYA3h1ceSWsZLI1YTXq3gt/s1000/foug%C3%A8res%20chemin-180794za.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxyd2E-NE-Zjp8GEmmLMFC61ySjInK_3kZNkm6K0C2xeqSb2pR5uf-Rx-QQFGeKfuUE7Gviz9_x5jhDHAiydagg1LGVMjoB2tV2_DxBskdBFzpe7zn2g46NjnsSzQa-9guEe_xCsKKmAHyFqCd6ygQ3ChQs79Hql0UE8GYA3h1ceSWsZLI1YTXq3gt/w640-h426/foug%C3%A8res%20chemin-180794za.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Here we see many 'tongues' of Hart's Tongue Fern (<i>Asplenium scolopendrium</i>), in the centre on top of the 'wall' a bunch of simple divided fronds of a Polypody (<i>Polypodium</i> sp.) and a bit more to the right smaller and thinner fronds of another fern, </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Black Spleenwort (<i>Asplenium adiantum-nigrum</i>)</span>.</span><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Here is its portrait in spring when the new fronds emerge. Black Spleenwort (<i>Asplenium adiantum-nigrum</i>) has black stems and twice-divided pinnate fronds.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjozHkQqoV-Ya-KqZQDP8hkhB-tZDYbu6lH0Xw0k2Kdve1n453XAGPEnV6rMnLC6732YYu_oQu7NgKc1Ob1HwMs-i9Qc9VhOd3OH26kTL41Rj1JETPur13ZzF3G9PH02MBVIXOabYmjTxrgh2dyo6sCt93ZlCfz-MppV4EZrci2xVmij5URQPrBSO-n/w640-h426/asplenium%20adiantum-nigrum-217930za.jpg" width="640" /> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It grows in deciduous woods, especially Oaks and Hornbeams, but also in mixed forests with Sweet Chestnut, and sometimes it accepts places where there is sunshine during a part of the day.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It does not need much soil, a hole in a wall is enough! To grow, Black Spleenwort prefers places not completely horizontal, but generally it does not want complete verticality.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr0wIziXvGr5mCZz8X4nqIbAnI5XeIQGAIm98p39ExtMy5SHlBLOxz4I8x_-nqtfo_PawRoM8KQbi3nPqP8S76nrsCGcqGOWU8un5zcbrsw92RvFZ7RcToMC6N7HeQMccCq_CHuESMZikOh5I6A4Avw1TwciW5OQ9psAfowLkejnqVfYgOYdncwfAH/s1000/asplenium%20adiantum-nigrum-201407za.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr0wIziXvGr5mCZz8X4nqIbAnI5XeIQGAIm98p39ExtMy5SHlBLOxz4I8x_-nqtfo_PawRoM8KQbi3nPqP8S76nrsCGcqGOWU8un5zcbrsw92RvFZ7RcToMC6N7HeQMccCq_CHuESMZikOh5I6A4Avw1TwciW5OQ9psAfowLkejnqVfYgOYdncwfAH/w640-h426/asplenium%20adiantum-nigrum-201407za.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">This elegant and subtle fern is never more than half a meter high. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvCkQrIVFzHG3RNDclyXQSLRLrJHS5K6S8m9S0SYvv45DeTe03VvG9hrE3isZbrTxn8O0LbU9tUSW0oz-wVWDEZuxbgvKlcDYGJlcQlnBIOOl7kMqz_cQZm5KgrtATlY-6-XtuvAYcGyFnYJOLk3CucI2xAkuhvnXcc1PbZFxwC0puRw8LSttfD07c/s1000/asplenium%20adiantum-nigrum-221811za.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvCkQrIVFzHG3RNDclyXQSLRLrJHS5K6S8m9S0SYvv45DeTe03VvG9hrE3isZbrTxn8O0LbU9tUSW0oz-wVWDEZuxbgvKlcDYGJlcQlnBIOOl7kMqz_cQZm5KgrtATlY-6-XtuvAYcGyFnYJOLk3CucI2xAkuhvnXcc1PbZFxwC0puRw8LSttfD07c/w640-h426/asplenium%20adiantum-nigrum-221811za.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Besides a forest track under Downy Oaks, Black Spleenwort has grown into a big colony. In May some of last year's fronds were still present but they turn yellow and will soon be gone.</span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981374565840305696.post-20000184198034335552021-01-19T10:22:00.002+01:002021-01-19T10:25:21.850+01:00Bulbous Buttercup<p>Many plants make rosettes at ground level in autumn. They take some risks, because the leaves should not freeze. Bulbous Buttercup (<i>Ranunculus bulbosus</i>) does not fear frost; a concentration of sugars in the sap protects them. </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVA2rQJ4vK-RD2MmI7Qa0dXFrit4rXrNkQvBvniUvg-xn602rRXCZ2KcqxEOLZ8FY-6xMdSBbjkLl-hhxDT54hxaPadgMlzLy8t9pswa1YsKLW5UIcImjRrxVSh10jHSRLXHQug7MXh84/s1000/ranunculus+bulbosus-217020za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVA2rQJ4vK-RD2MmI7Qa0dXFrit4rXrNkQvBvniUvg-xn602rRXCZ2KcqxEOLZ8FY-6xMdSBbjkLl-hhxDT54hxaPadgMlzLy8t9pswa1YsKLW5UIcImjRrxVSh10jHSRLXHQug7MXh84/w640-h426/ranunculus+bulbosus-217020za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>And if some leaves die and disappear, no problem, the plant will make new ones. </p><p>As its name says, Bulbous Buttercup makes a bulb, just where the rosette leaves are attached the roots thicken. If you dig a bit you'll find a kind of turnip about the size of a marble.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSCXZN3O0TmW1QZZzXypXEB-fia41mViaKXks1bXUT3iQpv2mHbH4tWW1Zf6RielXRpkiWGgXAMe8soceFpAnviioG_A-ZvX_1Y2-YLKD7YyOLJ2JDhQ8md8iOJp-Ij_GSCDtCWVqCgo/s999/ranunculus+bulbosus-201944za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="999" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSCXZN3O0TmW1QZZzXypXEB-fia41mViaKXks1bXUT3iQpv2mHbH4tWW1Zf6RielXRpkiWGgXAMe8soceFpAnviioG_A-ZvX_1Y2-YLKD7YyOLJ2JDhQ8md8iOJp-Ij_GSCDtCWVqCgo/w640-h426/ranunculus+bulbosus-201944za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>In spring the plant develops and now you see its flowers. They look just as the flowers of other Buttercups. But this one likes dry and poor soil, like here in a limestone meadow.</p><p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxuABZKB5QzszNBorRUcPtxJaa-OEXO8lEEmILbleYTxkhK4LEkzk146ChYJxI2Ixo5veB4HARl_Anr78368EHE3eie_i0354hnAywU4aZRhrrMronHiZ8lzD7MBTIGwDeTPH0wTiZzJ4/s1000/ranunculus+bulbosus-116651za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxuABZKB5QzszNBorRUcPtxJaa-OEXO8lEEmILbleYTxkhK4LEkzk146ChYJxI2Ixo5veB4HARl_Anr78368EHE3eie_i0354hnAywU4aZRhrrMronHiZ8lzD7MBTIGwDeTPH0wTiZzJ4/w640-h426/ranunculus+bulbosus-116651za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p> </p><p>A bit of dew and you can see this plant is a bit shaggy, especially the sepals, yellow and folded back against the stem when in flower. Like with many Buttercups, the leaves of the rosette and lower on the stem are different from those under the flowers.</p><p> </p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkx_aC52Nf3TLSN_afWNHTGt9CaK9zMo4yWad8JYcZAAedqEEEzqio7qITZaIbVmow-SJgboqsxPrTRN8B2IH3m7JeVN96IGQbWnDVNUVL35S8eZErGvxyRBik2gprisMxxc791UFGRc/s1000/ranunculus+bulbosus-134278za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkx_aC52Nf3TLSN_afWNHTGt9CaK9zMo4yWad8JYcZAAedqEEEzqio7qITZaIbVmow-SJgboqsxPrTRN8B2IH3m7JeVN96IGQbWnDVNUVL35S8eZErGvxyRBik2gprisMxxc791UFGRc/w640-h426/ranunculus+bulbosus-134278za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p> </p><p>In the center of a ring of petals and a ring of stamina, both very yellow, you can see the fruits beginning to develop.<br /><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981374565840305696.post-91067047440632101772020-12-30T16:17:00.003+01:002020-12-30T16:18:06.456+01:00Holm Oak<p>This big tree has green leaves even in winter. Sometimes it forms real forests, mainly on dry limestone hills, but not only there, in Perigord there are some exemples on sandy soil. It is Holm Oak (<i>Quercus ilex</i>). </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtddfIGDjGD9rQtQzEHM38pGf_2lTxQPi5itrtI5dAR9Sl3uDSMUMPqEllJqPcVaGws2W79bMFixBKX7gNwzCAYBRe-VsvyJRR-stezeLWmqcUGzg_eWlewNCh29BCxRPtAeLQ2ADRIuA/s1000/quercus+ilex-200526za.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtddfIGDjGD9rQtQzEHM38pGf_2lTxQPi5itrtI5dAR9Sl3uDSMUMPqEllJqPcVaGws2W79bMFixBKX7gNwzCAYBRe-VsvyJRR-stezeLWmqcUGzg_eWlewNCh29BCxRPtAeLQ2ADRIuA/w640-h426/quercus+ilex-200526za.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p> </p><p>Yes, it is a real Oak, it makes acorns. <br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJjR6cqLLckZBO8WZM5Az0tddtNuDbFrcd2PaNBmOSdwJTSi6YLZz7EWF57VTISCl0m1KuR5ALdYaSAdeCzVjKBvf9Ty7rLC3s2ee99hpTbRpLCyxiVzMbju8enhS-0GbDSb8S1qOvpQ4/s1000/quercus+ilex-204097za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJjR6cqLLckZBO8WZM5Az0tddtNuDbFrcd2PaNBmOSdwJTSi6YLZz7EWF57VTISCl0m1KuR5ALdYaSAdeCzVjKBvf9Ty7rLC3s2ee99hpTbRpLCyxiVzMbju8enhS-0GbDSb8S1qOvpQ4/w640-h426/quercus+ilex-204097za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p> </p><p> </p><p>Here they are still small. You see mainly the cup from where an acorn tries to grow out. Remnants of the female flower are still visible like a tiny brown star. <br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZfyaiwb1LPlopXwR_k8kezci_bVoyug4rQh_OFmQEIpVXwjW6t7YYZo7_MtlafhoEAa4b9BKzKyS44XsIHGPiSvN33wpmOp4j-0Ssga7ArLtpQg3xnNPj-5sAjPrGrzJINYE_zLg1A4/s1000/quercus+ilex-202584za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="1000" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZfyaiwb1LPlopXwR_k8kezci_bVoyug4rQh_OFmQEIpVXwjW6t7YYZo7_MtlafhoEAa4b9BKzKyS44XsIHGPiSvN33wpmOp4j-0Ssga7ArLtpQg3xnNPj-5sAjPrGrzJINYE_zLg1A4/w640-h454/quercus+ilex-202584za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p> </p><p>Holm Oak has Autumn and Spring at the same time. The leaves, that can stay on the branches for several years, loose their chlorophyl and then fall down in May. In the same period the tree makes new sprouts and flowers. Young leaves are tender green and they as well as the new branches are covered in a kind of whitish felt.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMcdwl7_syawDL9JvKuGZ06Jn7-AjDBH22ws2HCAd6o9Il782fiws8sZ6D1MG4CzyIUZ0vKI1uBcwoahCFWFLosWkivEZxnXn_Q_ukoeGboGD3AWry79UpbCUC4CRvJilRzBeSCsK5lJ4/s999/quercus+ilex-202607za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="999" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMcdwl7_syawDL9JvKuGZ06Jn7-AjDBH22ws2HCAd6o9Il782fiws8sZ6D1MG4CzyIUZ0vKI1uBcwoahCFWFLosWkivEZxnXn_Q_ukoeGboGD3AWry79UpbCUC4CRvJilRzBeSCsK5lJ4/w640-h454/quercus+ilex-202607za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>At the top of this stem, where the leaves are attached, you see some very small female flowers. The dry brown scales are remnants of the leaf buds.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipUT4RGU5kvAD9vH1ElCxk-hXHkwnOYyAJLMgrllMCGY_Z9c5Abe1kX5g8kcd2x1oQf80PU5MHoSXr6xVYUFk9-4U4ZxAZgHNgwpoj_FOSwae1HwiTgwIKd8oxVUOj6ltWSyBbXJnrlEM/s1000/quercus+ilex-202211za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="1000" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipUT4RGU5kvAD9vH1ElCxk-hXHkwnOYyAJLMgrllMCGY_Z9c5Abe1kX5g8kcd2x1oQf80PU5MHoSXr6xVYUFk9-4U4ZxAZgHNgwpoj_FOSwae1HwiTgwIKd8oxVUOj6ltWSyBbXJnrlEM/w640-h454/quercus+ilex-202211za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p>Male catkins are much larger. They grow on the same tree.</p><p>Holm Oak grows slower than other Oaks from Perigord,
but it can stand hot and dry weather somewhat better. Climate changing, with hotter and dryer summers is no good news for Oaks, but this species could have a slight evolutionary advantage over other Oak species. <br /></p><p>It is a wild - indigenous - tree, but in Dordogne there are many strains coming from elsewhere. Mycorrhized with truffle mycelium, Holm Oaks are planted to harvest this tasty and expensive mushroom.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-hSVhbroS7U4ahgMapX8uNA4yBWjIRXDB9hF_DYseSzWNb8ET4Sjw8tIB-RHM98qpTq8ye5nwlPZ-snCavkIjiukQ6OH7AlkOV6qwfQ5bAcNUfU0QipZlrkqGzwl6NNyCObWoSDvpZLg/s1000/quercus+ilex-196997za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-hSVhbroS7U4ahgMapX8uNA4yBWjIRXDB9hF_DYseSzWNb8ET4Sjw8tIB-RHM98qpTq8ye5nwlPZ-snCavkIjiukQ6OH7AlkOV6qwfQ5bAcNUfU0QipZlrkqGzwl6NNyCObWoSDvpZLg/w640-h426/quercus+ilex-196997za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981374565840305696.post-14251861477857715012020-12-10T15:07:00.044+01:002021-01-01T15:16:58.626+01:00Blackthorn<p>The blue fruits, sloes, are edible but only after the first frost, otjerwise they are to acid and astringent. They grow on a small very thorny bush, Blackthorn (<i>Prunus spinosa</i>). </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizV5dD3kEoZ5gghymf_72E9VFKnvjpZ6FQ57l6tSHeAisEjUZvgggdcofFeYtabIF9J0IFAgdRIZM3XwKtcGLGXvor-L_emffLidLaTU3EysshMjqsoEQsKIi6mmj5EdImGVU6Y62ST10/s1000/prunus+spinosa-142506za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizV5dD3kEoZ5gghymf_72E9VFKnvjpZ6FQ57l6tSHeAisEjUZvgggdcofFeYtabIF9J0IFAgdRIZM3XwKtcGLGXvor-L_emffLidLaTU3EysshMjqsoEQsKIi6mmj5EdImGVU6Y62ST10/w640-h426/prunus+spinosa-142506za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p>It is very common in Perigord, you can find it at the limits of woods and along abandoned agricultural fields, especially on limestone soil. Blackthorn makes new stalks from its roots, and in a few years its branches can form litera<span></span>lly impenetrable hedges. <br /></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3LfQawRjLBQaLbqeR7Isd7MiuLLFiEv4hWEnrjziC7JfHyo1XUERcvWONDxnQvwWHSvIBvv5PnnkSNE5SbyGRr-dOTNHWp9IZyCO_pRnvXPWwaFr2pLhqom_VEVIxjE_e63UpHjZHXYg/s1000/prunus+spinosa%252C+rubus+sp-185618za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3LfQawRjLBQaLbqeR7Isd7MiuLLFiEv4hWEnrjziC7JfHyo1XUERcvWONDxnQvwWHSvIBvv5PnnkSNE5SbyGRr-dOTNHWp9IZyCO_pRnvXPWwaFr2pLhqom_VEVIxjE_e63UpHjZHXYg/w640-h426/prunus+spinosa%252C+rubus+sp-185618za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p> </p><p> </p><p>Somewhat frightening!</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Ejf5XhW7p24TWjZKI5tou-6Yx-G7Gxnojc1NKw5b9GCzXXNr9XNyusGVPcBHSO_Re7vlHLKePMz16UxVBCThL_7m1niXZ563vmqAet_IOt0a3ZlV2i0MTTimr6S0wdNp4aWz0_GbuPA/s1000/prunus+spinosa-184934za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Ejf5XhW7p24TWjZKI5tou-6Yx-G7Gxnojc1NKw5b9GCzXXNr9XNyusGVPcBHSO_Re7vlHLKePMz16UxVBCThL_7m1niXZ563vmqAet_IOt0a3ZlV2i0MTTimr6S0wdNp4aWz0_GbuPA/w640-h426/prunus+spinosa-184934za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>But spiders love it.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYKT3Od0EwFNZu2XUdIeAhyphenhyphennLKlwGT7pcQTm3WzrikL-TuxgXefz68Dw1b2vpq1PU46PzFwfLOHyjF1VDPSlDQKpLE1IzGRVc03m-noKCybgqkV4QOCMsS1VMVQGSlBZu1BMoccNRlb9w/s999/prunus+spinosa-206221za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="999" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYKT3Od0EwFNZu2XUdIeAhyphenhyphennLKlwGT7pcQTm3WzrikL-TuxgXefz68Dw1b2vpq1PU46PzFwfLOHyjF1VDPSlDQKpLE1IzGRVc03m-noKCybgqkV4QOCMsS1VMVQGSlBZu1BMoccNRlb9w/w640-h426/prunus+spinosa-206221za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> </p><p>Apparently it is a good home base for lichens.</p><p>It is one of the first Prunuses to flower in spring and it does this abundantly. Here below the flowers lost already their petals.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDrburjVwCiKKJzhKAjBkBtmHizUshcf-W_JeKbRT33AbUVw8CPRN7dYMRrOblO5z0pqtBfFw4C4n2DRtJgf2B5KYp8r01BL2yspxLVa8Jk-SZjo9m4vDTInfBNrRrWbGO42WghyMuvgE/s1000/prunus+spinosa-177790za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDrburjVwCiKKJzhKAjBkBtmHizUshcf-W_JeKbRT33AbUVw8CPRN7dYMRrOblO5z0pqtBfFw4C4n2DRtJgf2B5KYp8r01BL2yspxLVa8Jk-SZjo9m4vDTInfBNrRrWbGO42WghyMuvgE/w640-h426/prunus+spinosa-177790za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p> </p><p>Only the little brushes of the stamens are still there. And now, we have to wait for fruits.</p><p> </p><p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981374565840305696.post-23601892259545201782020-11-29T14:47:00.006+01:002021-01-01T15:06:19.828+01:00Pale Swallow-wort<p>On this field, plants are covered in dewdrops and spider-webs. Some yellow plants are especially ceye-catching. They are Pale Swallow-wort (<i>Vincetoxicum hirundinaria</i>) in autumn attire.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAz88KElmwQ3hmzdHRuGtVhzKULAvSbMpmzvam4pvbZips583ZFouPejz_1IdEHfkjWY54Q8Y3lEJ_F4tTp87pD_oQOhc99DSwX1SBupHulVM8ptdzZvcQONlplzgqvk49Q6_cED0WLZE/s1000/vincetoxicum+hirundinaria%252C+ros%25C3%25A9e+d%2527automne-159326zb-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAz88KElmwQ3hmzdHRuGtVhzKULAvSbMpmzvam4pvbZips583ZFouPejz_1IdEHfkjWY54Q8Y3lEJ_F4tTp87pD_oQOhc99DSwX1SBupHulVM8ptdzZvcQONlplzgqvk49Q6_cED0WLZE/w640-h426/vincetoxicum+hirundinaria%252C+ros%25C3%25A9e+d%2527automne-159326zb-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <p>They grow on limestone soil, mainly in meadows or open spaces in Downy Oak woods where the sun can get to them.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQ1D8Pb3WPgFi3ZupQUr1WisR6DFtqy6saTpjwGgLF3CmdAYeSfgeXlgSqgwXYJxJ6IA1-wtVHCZqBX-ykxEjMprW-qCPigccnnhTmPBlTfpj7pEhLY7ex9o9rpXPV_c6ECz5wiqaQXg/s1000/vincetoxicum+hirundinaria-203206zb-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQ1D8Pb3WPgFi3ZupQUr1WisR6DFtqy6saTpjwGgLF3CmdAYeSfgeXlgSqgwXYJxJ6IA1-wtVHCZqBX-ykxEjMprW-qCPigccnnhTmPBlTfpj7pEhLY7ex9o9rpXPV_c6ECz5wiqaQXg/w640-h426/vincetoxicum+hirundinaria-203206zb-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p> </p><p> </p><p>Here a place after logging. Now the trees are gone many plants took advantage of the light and there is no space left. Pale Swallow-wort looks a bit lost in all this green.</p><p> </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-MHfToG1Kuu8HB7WokM5g5SJOc1278OlbKpsj9Hhh2sq7P5hYu7dB1eMnmwWAf4EP8S7uEIdJwWsGhzlH11O2aUSagaeqcL-as4XtUW7ClAL_SQS-VTOQJWoQ7LefOMDRPsSpoAyyI6E/s1000/vincetoxicum+hirundinaria-203187zb-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-MHfToG1Kuu8HB7WokM5g5SJOc1278OlbKpsj9Hhh2sq7P5hYu7dB1eMnmwWAf4EP8S7uEIdJwWsGhzlH11O2aUSagaeqcL-as4XtUW7ClAL_SQS-VTOQJWoQ7LefOMDRPsSpoAyyI6E/w640-h426/vincetoxicum+hirundinaria-203187zb-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p> </p><p> </p><p>It has many small cream-colored flowers. The petals are thick. The opposite oval-shaped leaves are thin and supple. With some effort you can understand that Pale Swallow-wort is a cousin of Periwinkles, the shape of the flowers and the number of petals, and also the leaves look alike, even if Periwinkle has thin and supple petals and leathery leaves.</p><p>Pale Swallowwort has a reputation as an antidote against snake-bites. But, maybe you should avoid this remedy, you risk being empoisoned twice. Notwithstanding 'officinal' in its name, this is a really toxic plant.</p><p> </p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFXGr1NEHqlhmUBPFshcpc977V00xMCUYEtXuuTxJqA86xHsX3uF_6uR3P9DvAPFBt9qoFK18sCtMHYmOoxZ-GXnL_a43hC7BJGI2_CKAvxULqBJpnpM0aq74IujedwGcdMB5usutcMM/s1000/tamus+c%252C+vincetoxicum+h-137583za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaFXGr1NEHqlhmUBPFshcpc977V00xMCUYEtXuuTxJqA86xHsX3uF_6uR3P9DvAPFBt9qoFK18sCtMHYmOoxZ-GXnL_a43hC7BJGI2_CKAvxULqBJpnpM0aq74IujedwGcdMB5usutcMM/w640-h426/tamus+c%252C+vincetoxicum+h-137583za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>But beautiful with those autumn leaves!</p><p>(The red berries that contrast so well with it are from another plant, also poisonous, Black Bryony.)</p><p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981374565840305696.post-24740947155993138792020-11-04T14:44:00.001+01:002021-01-01T14:46:56.417+01:00Least Pepperwort<p>During a large part of the year you can find Least Pepperwort (<i>Lepidium virginicum</i>) in bloom.
It makes a lot of tiny white flowers and if for one reason or another a branch is cut, it just begins anew to make new branches and flowers.</p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6169496933310800003" itemprop="description articleBody"><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmaDIOCKC4Qgy35v1NaLl6XXVRa4kCZQwUYBhh-_HHFhhy7lkPFOPVKbatuXqIJGAVqni_xGZ_S4sRCPsUSMzGOLtwyftdtFo6WsV5ZAo6ehL3drej6r09COtPFjAy6QLZkaXHw4CS4P4/s1000/lepidium+virginicum-204944za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmaDIOCKC4Qgy35v1NaLl6XXVRa4kCZQwUYBhh-_HHFhhy7lkPFOPVKbatuXqIJGAVqni_xGZ_S4sRCPsUSMzGOLtwyftdtFo6WsV5ZAo6ehL3drej6r09COtPFjAy6QLZkaXHw4CS4P4/w640-h426/lepidium+virginicum-204944za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> </p><p>Often you see flowers, fruits and remnants of fruits on the same plant. The fruits are little disks with an incision on top.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS91i5R9GOGkhpP5Z3bgg7qmFFQqL3YK0FKG3kl-Zg9keofKgI-u15MT2LYNufunq6_xQGQXdj77Ni-L338pFx-GGXm23CFJG4tw_yEwViHkiaprOLFkKqW1yJ4oChyphenhyphenFt2KT-rcacJvVg/s1000/lepidium+virginicum-144763zza-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="1000" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS91i5R9GOGkhpP5Z3bgg7qmFFQqL3YK0FKG3kl-Zg9keofKgI-u15MT2LYNufunq6_xQGQXdj77Ni-L338pFx-GGXm23CFJG4tw_yEwViHkiaprOLFkKqW1yJ4oChyphenhyphenFt2KT-rcacJvVg/w640-h424/lepidium+virginicum-144763zza-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p> </p><p> </p><p>At the first stage of flowering there are still many leaves, rather long and with some dents; with time it looses the larger part of its leaves and concentrates on flowers and fruits. How can it manage with so little chlorophyll-driven production of energy? It does not have a stock in its roots, it is an annual plant without a big root-system. Maybe it does not rely too much on extra energy, it produces as many seeds as long as possible until it is spent.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVnNLyTPTC4GLL26a_s4G93PuC3wK4iMdFL4IsVhIsUgMAWg5Br7-rT6tBA7Gu9R9_Gf8cJrOYVi6wzFAik2Q8GhBzhf02kf3HcvLSGDeFZ8PsuXHC7xuyRiRSBWJRpr809nkfoU568rk/s1000/lepidium+virginicum-205601za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVnNLyTPTC4GLL26a_s4G93PuC3wK4iMdFL4IsVhIsUgMAWg5Br7-rT6tBA7Gu9R9_Gf8cJrOYVi6wzFAik2Q8GhBzhf02kf3HcvLSGDeFZ8PsuXHC7xuyRiRSBWJRpr809nkfoU568rk/w640-h426/lepidium+virginicum-205601za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> </p><p>Here a well-developed plant. It has the upright shape typical for <i>Lepidium</i> Pepperworts. You can find Least Pepperwort mainly in antropogenic places, like here on a little-used driveway.</p><p> </p>
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<p>This plant with its small white flowers just begins to bloom after summer and it goes on until October. Common
Heliotrope (<i>Heliotropium europaeus</i>) normally grows in cultivated fields after harvest and in habitats that resemble those, like vegetable gardens.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikJTl0959HhUgssoi9L4l_sSFntKaZYel4rdjYx-mByZ2XCTwjzBAhrB7yMOJ0fAt2V4gcxPfrNk2ZgZsOjKdgWdZZKG_T76uRiLkaOlScfb7y3Etzjg8SMdEOIxJJu8aHNxjfaU3L-WU/s1000/heliotropium+europaeum-179475zza.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikJTl0959HhUgssoi9L4l_sSFntKaZYel4rdjYx-mByZ2XCTwjzBAhrB7yMOJ0fAt2V4gcxPfrNk2ZgZsOjKdgWdZZKG_T76uRiLkaOlScfb7y3Etzjg8SMdEOIxJJu8aHNxjfaU3L-WU/w640-h426/heliotropium+europaeum-179475zza.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> </p><p>Its flowers are small but there are many of them. At this moment you mostly see the fruits that develop along the stems.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZf8rwsuKcE2GR8_kV5WLPBx41-ifzTBtC1RGA7WuXfqapZrzIhL6KrRoKTmNPknf0tZGIbbP_LboMvrOa1pp4SRYgY-i1xUTnckBcozFsImlmk3_VKGDUM3jAZhzt56TBdQLNOZgtWg/s1000/heliotropium+europaeum-204742zaa-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtZf8rwsuKcE2GR8_kV5WLPBx41-ifzTBtC1RGA7WuXfqapZrzIhL6KrRoKTmNPknf0tZGIbbP_LboMvrOa1pp4SRYgY-i1xUTnckBcozFsImlmk3_VKGDUM3jAZhzt56TBdQLNOZgtWg/w640-h426/heliotropium+europaeum-204742zaa-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p> </p><p>Every stem grows into a scorpioid cyme that unfurls and becomes larger during flowering. This kind of cyme you can also find on other plants of the <i>Boraginaceae</i> family (as Forget-me-nots)</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN3ePQzcy45XcPkliNtDE9UeQm_ONxUJOKZiLSaN4W4tg0sFtJg3xJqp0ylBKEtNm4jfAFHYegEqf7d9r95rPuMS6DdcjjbFtn1ECWYUzF80MxynGM27Gf29Oo-lemUSlitm_OVvKceMk/s1000/heliotropium+europaeum-179482za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN3ePQzcy45XcPkliNtDE9UeQm_ONxUJOKZiLSaN4W4tg0sFtJg3xJqp0ylBKEtNm4jfAFHYegEqf7d9r95rPuMS6DdcjjbFtn1ECWYUzF80MxynGM27Gf29Oo-lemUSlitm_OVvKceMk/w640-h426/heliotropium+europaeum-179482za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p>Here the top of a cyme at the beginning of flowering. The leaves are a bit rough, also a distinctive feature of this family. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9nW-q6NLJGNIKxDumgHqCgeVnicHgQwYA_pqHZAak41Mh8N68zpACnOI4-lPyM9C9J-A1K4SX9u7iJjLpvYPpT-_IjBwUfEUUvdN1OnTBJeXyjH8lg0k1-5nED7xOfblyRLKb-nRDHc/s1000/heliotropium+europaeum-136885z-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="1000" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9nW-q6NLJGNIKxDumgHqCgeVnicHgQwYA_pqHZAak41Mh8N68zpACnOI4-lPyM9C9J-A1K4SX9u7iJjLpvYPpT-_IjBwUfEUUvdN1OnTBJeXyjH8lg0k1-5nED7xOfblyRLKb-nRDHc/w640-h424/heliotropium+europaeum-136885z-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>
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A cereal field after harvest in summer has changed into a flower meadow. It is covered in purple. And a spicy smell emanates from it. Lesser Calamint (<i>Clinopodium nepeta</i> subsp <i>nepeta</i>)
is in full bloom and it is has a strong perfume, a mix of mint and pharmacy. Most Calamints have a smell, but compared to this subspecies of Lesser Calamint they are very understated.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgla4zhukf0bCF0mFWMh4w9Pl6PZTXk910CJV7zfT0OIMer-Rt2iZ8kMmJNsFXTGZJ_Vfe5LtdyA57969iOOlmwlENYPvc1_xTZA_9vh3JptS4bgD2qcYXKVidjZZQsewEySbsJvyh7Is0/s1000/clinopodium+nepeta+ssp+nepeta-204737zza-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgla4zhukf0bCF0mFWMh4w9Pl6PZTXk910CJV7zfT0OIMer-Rt2iZ8kMmJNsFXTGZJ_Vfe5LtdyA57969iOOlmwlENYPvc1_xTZA_9vh3JptS4bgD2qcYXKVidjZZQsewEySbsJvyh7Is0/w640-h426/clinopodium+nepeta+ssp+nepeta-204737zza-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <br /><p> </p><p> </p><p>You don't risk to smell it often, this Lesser Calament is very rare. You find it especially in cultivated fields and it does not like fertilizer or herbicides or insecticides. So you understand why it is so rare.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0fofzxYPUJTS5852tIkuBGyZ0dbMhA7TJfq5Iik3oOnDnUS_0_XinLhF6mnnE5clqWMsa59BaCn4yP10rORSiDACAG0Epve2Obue1loG-bPu6jPepFTCb8tGpJPFyJTqsLlcjgS85Go/s900/clinopodium+nepeta+ssp+nepeta-204738za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB0fofzxYPUJTS5852tIkuBGyZ0dbMhA7TJfq5Iik3oOnDnUS_0_XinLhF6mnnE5clqWMsa59BaCn4yP10rORSiDACAG0Epve2Obue1loG-bPu6jPepFTCb8tGpJPFyJTqsLlcjgS85Go/w640-h426/clinopodium+nepeta+ssp+nepeta-204738za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p> </p><p>Like other Calamints it is an autumn plant. Before August you won't find it and it flowers until November or even later. It has whorls of small flowers with calyxes with short dents,
important criterion to distinguish it from its cousins.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUvf3NV_GlEHXM6EkaBh7LecmrixmDQoQNXmXPFxfd9yTFbdZVE5dzBcPYXUKr9FUU35obV3QjuyP28K594OeDDdtlsb9Urr5X8LmM_irzZx2Cp5PTtPRxXWPd0HIm_wlJ81smTA7TuY/s1000/clinopodium+nepeta+ssp+nepeta-204749za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEUvf3NV_GlEHXM6EkaBh7LecmrixmDQoQNXmXPFxfd9yTFbdZVE5dzBcPYXUKr9FUU35obV3QjuyP28K594OeDDdtlsb9Urr5X8LmM_irzZx2Cp5PTtPRxXWPd0HIm_wlJ81smTA7TuY/w640-h426/clinopodium+nepeta+ssp+nepeta-204749za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Those small dense tufts look good between the warm yellow limestone of this field.</p><p>See you next year, Lesser calamint!</p>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981374565840305696.post-88774730838676617182020-09-19T17:10:00.001+02:002020-09-20T17:25:06.880+02:00Devil's Bit Scabious<p>This path goes through a Sweet Chestnut wood on sandy soil. Just the right place for Devil's Bit Scabious (<i>Succisa pratensis</i>). Notwithstanding two months without rain it is flowering abundantly. The heat was not a real problem for it, even if some leaves are drooping.</p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibK0XwZSNye2YKIqqqav5TcuEf0u9BiiMXTu5vFBjcLprvjd6ZPFOErDj5JoEtPOW27jgaevLlgzR8bpjBeoYLOCXe5oxGPE-Tex5maWvwCCHOdk8sA8ff1GfOELzwAef3MXsj1Q2bg0A/s999/succisa+pratensis-204408za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="999" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibK0XwZSNye2YKIqqqav5TcuEf0u9BiiMXTu5vFBjcLprvjd6ZPFOErDj5JoEtPOW27jgaevLlgzR8bpjBeoYLOCXe5oxGPE-Tex5maWvwCCHOdk8sA8ff1GfOELzwAef3MXsj1Q2bg0A/w640-h426/succisa+pratensis-204408za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Surely, here it grows in shade. In fact it needs a soil that is not dry a large part of the year, but during its flowering season, from August into November it can do with what it gets.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgftM0kJIvvUokt8tmJSH0foAWRAnPL_No7ibq4cjMkMghK-ddN6nxDawWEtG0CoIlLXIm8nAcYKdajfmDONBqiMNgeqQUyRfh_B1oNbI8dh3QBUENMuo9zVr5xnGLR0a_toPrueor7yPI/s1000/succisa+pratensis-204354za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgftM0kJIvvUokt8tmJSH0foAWRAnPL_No7ibq4cjMkMghK-ddN6nxDawWEtG0CoIlLXIm8nAcYKdajfmDONBqiMNgeqQUyRfh_B1oNbI8dh3QBUENMuo9zVr5xnGLR0a_toPrueor7yPI/w640-h426/succisa+pratensis-204354za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You see its beauty especially when you get nearby. The flowerheads contain numerous small blue-lilac flowers that happily contrast with the pink stamens.</div><p>Do you think Devil's Bit Scabious is a Scabious? You are right, the genus <i>Succisa</i> belongs as well as the genus <i>Scabiosa</i> to the <i>Dipsaceae</i> family. <br /></p><p>To complicate things: recently, for good reasons that do not concern us, the biologists community concluded that <i>Dipsaceae</i> should from now on be part of the <i>Caprifoliaceae</i> family. It does not matter that much, we can go on enjoying this plant exactly as we did!<br /></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizi4uCF3BeO8U8rx8BfT9eiLYs_UgPnasMLmlgWpsJoYB61RAXiGLwRiDWd3IOgUFI5JnIJr2FBI913qiVDej7FO7PGI0FNI4mTIVmRbUMv_7EuBkjKuw73emA-sKAuvSy7c8hE8LmURQ/s999/succisa+pratensis-165235zza-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="999" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizi4uCF3BeO8U8rx8BfT9eiLYs_UgPnasMLmlgWpsJoYB61RAXiGLwRiDWd3IOgUFI5JnIJr2FBI913qiVDej7FO7PGI0FNI4mTIVmRbUMv_7EuBkjKuw73emA-sKAuvSy7c8hE8LmURQ/w640-h426/succisa+pratensis-165235zza-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p> </p><p> </p><p>Here, Devil's Bit Scabious in a more open setting, a meadow in the Dordogne valley.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hiZVkOaC-ldshlOWCSE1SNn-oSIaT0EADmDQkqnzBBVHqQ-oJ0lvcjZCNhyelzqXVDiRG9ijo35-Ue9oTlgbtEK-rnrQgoVOb8Y-7ZOu3Khou0x61d0U36totYEwimKJHclij27ibho/s1000/succisa+pratensis-185169za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hiZVkOaC-ldshlOWCSE1SNn-oSIaT0EADmDQkqnzBBVHqQ-oJ0lvcjZCNhyelzqXVDiRG9ijo35-Ue9oTlgbtEK-rnrQgoVOb8Y-7ZOu3Khou0x61d0U36totYEwimKJHclij27ibho/w640-h426/succisa+pratensis-185169za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p> </p><p>If it does not flower you can find its leaves at ground level. Mowing or herbivores cannot do much harm.</p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981374565840305696.post-35160098744824604052020-08-18T16:57:00.001+02:002020-09-20T17:26:33.146+02:00Wayfaring Tree<p> </p><p>Wayfaring Tree (<i>Viburnum lantana</i>) us a rather chaotic bush that can be found in dry spots on limestone soil. It grows in sunny places, but it prefers just a bit of shade, as here on the edge of a Downy Oak forest.</p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5378779569574947957"><p> </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVV3WL9PXDINR2QYEG2o_ulyPSYVen3G-krAksBXoF4EAKsU82FRa7NK_RhJ2Zm9-GJg9qeDg4SraIHHKf6gswynU7VOfkkBl-QZ357m9joPiTLFO9Tuln4ZvNH9VBFfiOiFkIPqJGerY/s1000/viburnum+lantana-147944z-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVV3WL9PXDINR2QYEG2o_ulyPSYVen3G-krAksBXoF4EAKsU82FRa7NK_RhJ2Zm9-GJg9qeDg4SraIHHKf6gswynU7VOfkkBl-QZ357m9joPiTLFO9Tuln4ZvNH9VBFfiOiFkIPqJGerY/s640/viburnum+lantana-147944z-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a> <br /></p><p> </p><p>Now it has already made berries and they are nearly finished, difficult to find the last ones.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdXUoltFeDBlZTC5Z1AqJ3vuZ4NHmBWGbDrUW_TP3Axy3YHb2p6TIbUAegIcXvn9khJNEtGwblP_juWlXl82qsrpesbmkojMf3kn_nHg5-K-QFAhF77qzBpJVFoyb_cmoF0GCxyNMSUXI/s1000/viburnum+lantana-147948za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdXUoltFeDBlZTC5Z1AqJ3vuZ4NHmBWGbDrUW_TP3Axy3YHb2p6TIbUAegIcXvn9khJNEtGwblP_juWlXl82qsrpesbmkojMf3kn_nHg5-K-QFAhF77qzBpJVFoyb_cmoF0GCxyNMSUXI/s640/viburnum+lantana-147948za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In the background green berries that never ripened, surrounded by brown leaves. When ripening, the berries turn from red into black. Often you find bunches with berries of both colours.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz15nXWFmZ1tFGI9JZHhXBr5SqTnt-cv9BkD-k6o9klx0tT6waFdkItsz38xhqjiTKK66Ni85DLEy0P5auCr5EaRBZ2nxgph3SqmHb85aLtIBu2LcLVLzZZFQa4IE3HM8E1IzwTaFI8ac/s1000/viburnum+lantana-201547za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz15nXWFmZ1tFGI9JZHhXBr5SqTnt-cv9BkD-k6o9klx0tT6waFdkItsz38xhqjiTKK66Ni85DLEy0P5auCr5EaRBZ2nxgph3SqmHb85aLtIBu2LcLVLzZZFQa4IE3HM8E1IzwTaFI8ac/s640/viburnum+lantana-201547za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p> </p><p>The flowers, in April, smell good and they are a beautiful creamy white. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqNljKpWMp095-Y_Zw4Nn7_NYZeAgcl3hIqvEcc3nkTzWIq79lzdfVMsFCkgqRxB1a6KM1K0nFWt68QrKOYMXdi7hAv-4Z-HE8mwY62CUYWNZUsrAzEOGQY2qtDIfJJkiqaGPY_1alV5o/s1000/viburnum+lantana-201545zza-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqNljKpWMp095-Y_Zw4Nn7_NYZeAgcl3hIqvEcc3nkTzWIq79lzdfVMsFCkgqRxB1a6KM1K0nFWt68QrKOYMXdi7hAv-4Z-HE8mwY62CUYWNZUsrAzEOGQY2qtDIfJJkiqaGPY_1alV5o/s640/viburnum+lantana-201545zza-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Those red soils are not limestone at all! In Dordogne you can find acidic soils just beside the limestone. That is why you can find typical limestone vegetation just a step away from typical vegetation for acidic soil. So there is an explanation for finding Wayfaring Tree in this image.<br /></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Hxe8nIP-7hk6bxnbLukN_-3s_u_M9s4de9BBYsk-lxB99mLbnPzDgjugu1Je9CAc0edwQ_yQucgJ_qa8tBXB79CbNxYbPV3smxM0-id92_PjLm0F4uYeypio8I2E6EYLiGx-PwX6arc/s1000/viburnum+lantana-203687za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Hxe8nIP-7hk6bxnbLukN_-3s_u_M9s4de9BBYsk-lxB99mLbnPzDgjugu1Je9CAc0edwQ_yQucgJ_qa8tBXB79CbNxYbPV3smxM0-id92_PjLm0F4uYeypio8I2E6EYLiGx-PwX6arc/s640/viburnum+lantana-203687za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <p> </p><p>The leaves of Wayfaring Tree are a bit downy, maybe to protect them against drying out.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMNhkOYTpMrqx9125r8yTG_B3_7vk6uJdRcR1eDctvcJydR8HzXrkwootG4pl77aji9tTzfYOWEF-rqd08vqw3-JaYC6Kw9lxpnRNHfgBbCStgbgkE0qJf-H2gvJ2zF5pH_Tx98pOI0w4/s1000/viburnum+lantana-201546za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMNhkOYTpMrqx9125r8yTG_B3_7vk6uJdRcR1eDctvcJydR8HzXrkwootG4pl77aji9tTzfYOWEF-rqd08vqw3-JaYC6Kw9lxpnRNHfgBbCStgbgkE0qJf-H2gvJ2zF5pH_Tx98pOI0w4/s640/viburnum+lantana-201546za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <p> </p><p>Even when it rains...</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981374565840305696.post-43748019054805511322020-08-09T16:06:00.001+02:002020-08-11T16:14:28.023+02:00Round-headed Rampion<p>Many plants don't feel like flowering now after weeks of very hot and very dry weather. But Round-headed Rampion (<i>Phyteuma orbicularis</i>) took a different decision.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZZBr30xTtsF7gJP18RsS-RZXAIcyYIQcoDVvNUqp7Ivxnz7ZOyRtTBXwmMWFDGKVdMhM4fCtihsiPWb-YFP2IbS0d1V1jcJr3RdviCsS7SNIpm7CwbfUx8M-GJo_z7Vo_734YwYsO6Ck/s1000/phyteuma+orbiculare-204036za-bl.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZZBr30xTtsF7gJP18RsS-RZXAIcyYIQcoDVvNUqp7Ivxnz7ZOyRtTBXwmMWFDGKVdMhM4fCtihsiPWb-YFP2IbS0d1V1jcJr3RdviCsS7SNIpm7CwbfUx8M-GJo_z7Vo_734YwYsO6Ck/s640/phyteuma+orbiculare-204036za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>The plants are only tiny this year and not easy to spot on this dry, sunny slope. Notwithstanding their beautiful blue colour they hide themselves rather well.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIPS1q-kxzChmNPjfr6cexV-nSzSJJ9imDcessFMRBvCBLa8ZF9V2FqIgNV6AdB4Qml_UYrjSasycR2u4L6Wwa8L2RNfvTybVFCJCJspCpLu7EHT5C5yhhdbu7wdO5Y9iLc-XtxYREAe4/s1000/phyteuma+orbiculare-204049za-bl.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIPS1q-kxzChmNPjfr6cexV-nSzSJJ9imDcessFMRBvCBLa8ZF9V2FqIgNV6AdB4Qml_UYrjSasycR2u4L6Wwa8L2RNfvTybVFCJCJspCpLu7EHT5C5yhhdbu7wdO5Y9iLc-XtxYREAe4/s640/phyteuma+orbiculare-204049za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>A little Flower crab-spider choose a flower head as a lookout post for prey. When the photographer comes near, it tries to hide.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir8rhyphenhyphendo7SrKc1px__lEUWlkNfig_eiicu84V17tRmI41a2P6hepT4Ao1BFs6YkFxIfkg9tuz2mzITCyLi4uDy0xj4ylfnMxHZwcOrw6nEeRSs-2G7FOa1BhFfUtTgoHC7tjtL8YGplq0/s640/phyteuma+orbiculare-204039za-bl.jpg" width="640" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Some long and slender leaves at the base of a stalk of net yet twenty centimeters and some smaller ones on it, and this blue. That's all! <br /></div><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981374565840305696.post-45943928917128040972020-07-31T16:15:00.001+02:002020-08-11T16:21:53.597+02:00Soapwort<p>When you rub some flowers of this plant between your hand, you get a kind of foam and you can wash your hands with it. At least, Soapwort (<i>Saponaria officinalis</i>) can give you the impression you really got clean hands.</p><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3QCXDe7khQ8O9ZOwMThyphenhyphenCrlWnup1G7kau9GPKewU706sLZYJ7o8G81EwTFJNpgMZocp9tWEAFOHVHW8D0B2rX-m5veB_sc84vim0UNJEzIGl2BS4SeUQMESyEel3XHPA45yYsZkY-ido/s1000/saponaria+officinalis-198966za-bl.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3QCXDe7khQ8O9ZOwMThyphenhyphenCrlWnup1G7kau9GPKewU706sLZYJ7o8G81EwTFJNpgMZocp9tWEAFOHVHW8D0B2rX-m5veB_sc84vim0UNJEzIGl2BS4SeUQMESyEel3XHPA45yYsZkY-ido/s640/saponaria+officinalis-198966za-bl.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>It is a plant that lives in large communities with lots of stalks wit bunches of pink flowers. You find them often on roadsides and edges of cultivated fields. 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Not far from a stream, nearly in the shade of trees, grow some tall plants. They just begin to flower.</div>
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To find Great Willowherb (<i>Epilobium hirsutum</i>) you first have to find a stream, river or pond, because it needs water to flourish. It likes fertile soil, with humus or maybe nutrients brought with flooding.<br />
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It has a lot of small very pink flowers and conspicuous white, cross-shaped pistils. The stamens are rather understated by comparison.<br />
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The whole plant is covered in soft, velvety hairs that make it nice to the touch. Under the flowers, the growing fruits with a reddish tinge are already visible.<br />
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When the fruits ripen they burst open in four parts and from each part, small brown seeds with white feathery hairs appear. They will fly away.<br />
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Maybe the leaves are the most prominent part of this plant of the Gentian family.<br />
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They are glaucous and look like a kind of saucer pierced in the center to let through the stem.</div>
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But look at the flowers of Yellow-wort (<i>Blackstonia perfoliata</i>). Could be worse!</div>
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Ten yellow petals spiralling around each other get upwards fromù a nest of ten pointed sepals.</div>
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Yellow-wort grows in meadows and open spaces in woods on limestone. Generally some scattered plants, not big groups like here.</div>
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It flowers mainly in early summer. Now, in July, it makes fruits.</div>
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