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Title: Alpes de Haute Provence and Prealps
Post by: Yann on May 23, 2021, 10:47:55 PM

Less than 2h driving from the Saint-Tropez coast, the Haut Var is a region not often visited by tourists nor botanists.
Located between Verdon and Prealps, it's a remote zone with few villages. It's said less than 10% of the moutains have been explored for flora and fauna inventory. Access to those moutains are often by forest paths or narrow roads.

Unspoiled region means a lot of plants, some very rares.

"En voiture Simone"!

Location map:

(https://i.ibb.co/gmnw7n4/2021-05-23-23-49-01-Window.png)

Far away the Hautes Alpes and Ecrin

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Title: Re: Alpes de Haute Provence and Prealps
Post by: Yann on May 23, 2021, 10:55:49 PM

Fritillaria tubiformis, there it reaches its geographical limit

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Gagea reverchonii

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Corydalis solida

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Potentilla cinerea

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Title: Re: Alpes de Haute Provence and Prealps
Post by: Yann on May 23, 2021, 11:05:26 PM

Paeonia officinalis subsp. huthii

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Ranunculus kuepferi

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Narcissus poeticus

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Title: Re: Alpes de Haute Provence and Prealps
Post by: Yann on May 23, 2021, 11:12:06 PM

Fritillaria involucrata

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Polygala calcarea

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Androsace chaixii

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Title: Re: Alpes de Haute Provence and Prealps
Post by: Yann on May 23, 2021, 11:16:16 PM

Lathyrus vernus

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Muscari neglectum

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Hepatica nobilis

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the common Gentiana verna

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Viola rupestris

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Title: Re: Alpes de Haute Provence and Prealps
Post by: Yann on May 23, 2021, 11:21:28 PM

Polygala chamaebuxus

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Saxifraga granulata

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Primula veris

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Amelanchier ovalis

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Title: Re: Alpes de Haute Provence and Prealps
Post by: Yann on May 23, 2021, 11:25:39 PM

Luzula campestris

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Valeriana tuberosa

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Orchis miltaris

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Astragalus monspessulanus

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Title: Re: Alpes de Haute Provence and Prealps
Post by: Yann on May 23, 2021, 11:30:15 PM

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Erodium rodiei

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Fritillaria montana

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Title: Re: Alpes de Haute Provence and Prealps
Post by: Yann on May 23, 2021, 11:35:28 PM

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Hippocrepis comosa

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Anacamptis morio

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Asplenium fontanum

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Title: Re: Alpes de Haute Provence and Prealps
Post by: Yann on May 23, 2021, 11:40:36 PM

Saponaria ocymoides

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Ophrys virescens

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Title: Re: Alpes de Haute Provence and Prealps
Post by: Tristan_He on May 24, 2021, 12:31:01 AM

Fabulous photos and plants Yann. Thanks for posting.

Title: Re: Alpes de Haute Provence and Prealps
Post by: Yann on May 25, 2021, 08:36:36 PM

Ophrys saratoi

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Ornithogallum umbellatum

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common but i like it Euphorbia spinosa

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Erysimum rhaeticum

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Title: Re: Alpes de Haute Provence and Prealps
Post by: fermi de Sousa on May 26, 2021, 01:27:06 AM

Nice to see these wildlings, Yann!
thanks,
fermi

Title: Re: Alpes de Haute Provence and Prealps
Post by: Tim Harberd on May 26, 2021, 07:47:18 AM

Thanks Yann,
     Are the photos from a day trip? Or collected over many years??

Tim DH

Title: Re: Alpes de Haute Provence and Prealps
Post by: Yann on May 26, 2021, 07:54:41 AM

Quote from: fermi de Sousa on May 26, 2021, 01:27:06 AM

Nice to see these wildlings, Yann!
thanks,
fermi

thanks

Title: Re: Alpes de Haute Provence and Prealps
Post by: Yann on May 26, 2021, 07:59:23 AM

Quote from: Tim Harberd on May 26, 2021, 07:47:18 AM

Thanks Yann,
     Are the photos from a day trip? Or collected over many years??

Tim DH

Hi Tim just daily trip.
Off course these regions are number one destinations for us frenchs as it's fast to reach. The whole region has a rich flora with 3400 plants species.