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General Subjects => Travel / Places to Visit => Topic started by: Yann on July 12, 2015, 09:03:12 PM

Title: Cevennes mountains
Post by: Yann on July 12, 2015, 09:03:12 PM

For one week i'm exploring moutains all around Cevennes, in the Tanargue hills.
Each year i try to visit new areas in search of Epipactis. Long walks let you admire the landscapes. This year temperatures are quiet warm, 40°c.

Title: Re: Cevennes mountains
Post by: Yann on July 12, 2015, 09:08:38 PM

I've found some nice form and subspecies of Epipactis (minor, exilis)

{edit by maggi - I have rotated the last photo which had turned sideways!]

Title: Re: Cevennes mountains
Post by: Yann on July 12, 2015, 09:15:33 PM

a few more, the last is Campanula medium

Title: Re: Cevennes mountains
Post by: Yann on July 13, 2015, 11:26:14 AM

When you reach the high mountains, the soil is becoming acid. The water is contained on sandstone funds and bogs are very broad.
You can walk on heathers during long hours.

Title: Re: Cevennes mountains
Post by: Yann on July 13, 2015, 11:33:34 AM

the main focus of my visit was Drosera rotundifolia.

Title: Re: Cevennes mountains
Post by: Yann on July 13, 2015, 11:45:37 AM

Looks like Ireland :)