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Recent Blog Posts
Abies bornmuelleriana - Bithynian Fir
Our first encounter with this species takes us back to 1980, the time of the first exploration of Turkey's conifers. That time we went there in the autumn, and had pleasantly summer-like days.
Larix decidua
A mature stand of Larix decidua in the Suiss Alps with the landmark mountain Matterhorn (4478 m) in the far distance. Often seen in pure stands (like here), the larch commonly associates with Picea abies, Pinus cembra, and P. sylvestris.
Photo: Zsolt Debreczy - Istvan Racz
Pinus bhutanica - Bhutan White Pine
It took us 6 years to be able to arrange a conifer-focused botanical exploration in Tibet. With financial help from I.D.R.I. this visit was organized through cooperation with colleagues at the National Herbarium, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, from where 4 colleagues accompanied us with local guidance from the Tibetan Plateau Ecological Institute, Lhasa.
Cupressus dupreziana in Djabbaren (Algeria)
Hike to Tassili Plateau #2
Cupressus dupreziana in Djabbaren (Algeria).
Juniperus phoenicea - Phoenician Juniper
On continental Europe, this juniper reaches the westernmost stretches of the Mediterranean coast, in Portugal growing under the mild and rather wet atlanto-mediterranean climatic conditions while in the east of its range occurring in the dry coasts of Sinai and western Arabia.
Podocarpus salignus - Willow-Leaf Podocarp
Based on our field explorations in southern Chile, we found this species quite rare in natural habitats. One such location was Cerro Ñielol, a miraculously saved Valdivian type of laurel-leaved forest near the city of Temuco.
Thuja plicata - Western Redcedar
For our team the most memorable documentation of Thuja plicata occurred in the Pacific Northwest in a magnificent old-growth forest in the Olympic Peninsula. In the northwest, this tree can reach enormous sizes (exemplified by Quinalt Lake Cedar, height 53 m and trunk about 6 m in diameter, b.h.; data published by Robert Van Pelt, 2001).
Abies cilicica - Cilician Fir
On a recent trip to Turkey our team was driving through the Toros mountains in the Akseki region. As the road was ascending the vegetation changed according to elevation and exposure, from mediterranean maquis to high-mountain mixed deciduous/evergreen shrub-forests and scrubs (pseudomaquis).
Abies gamblei - Gamble Fir
If one goes on the web to search for information on the plant under the name Abies gamblei, very little descriptive account will be found. And, interestingly enough, there will be some small-scale photos actually showing Abies pseudochensiensis!
Abies alba - European White Fir
A common and most easily met fir species of Europe, not counted Abies sibirica that occurs widely in the vast lands of eastern-northeastern Europe (bordered by the Ural mountains)...