Every Oak species has its own preferences concerning kind of soil and humidity. In Perigord dry limestone soils and deeper and more humid c...

A typical Perigordin habitat for this small fern. The Common maidenhair Spleenwort ( Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens ) has chosen...

Near rivers in Dordogne the soil is often marshy and unfit for agriculture. Farmers planted poplars, to dry out the soil and have some reve...

The fronds of many ferns keep green nearly all winter, sometimes even until spring. But to find this species in full splendour you 'll ...

Here, two or three years ago a stand of hornbeams was cut down. The bracken ferns are still there, but in place of the trees a perfumed tap...

A very small plant is hidden in short dry grass. Bastard toadflax ( Thesium humifusum ) is only a few centimeters high and nearly invisibl...

End of season. The remaining flowers of af Bull Thistle ( Cirsium vulgare ).