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General Subjects => Travel / Places to Visit => Topic started by: papapoly on July 22, 2016, 06:10:30 PM
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With almodst 3 weeks delay I would like to show you the plants I saw on my visit to the Western side in mount Olympus in the same place I showed you on my June 3rd visit, a month earler on the TOPIC - <<Trip to mount Olympus - Plants to identify>>.
I will show mostly new plants which, were not yet in flower a month earlier.
Starting from 1800 m, after parking my car and at about 1900 m:
pics 009 (1900 m) and 354 (2300 m): unidentified sp , probably silene sp. (Caryophylaceae). About 35 cm tall and very elegant. Flowers just about smaller than 1 cm. Widespread below 2400 m.
pics 018 and 021: Verbascum sp.
pic 022: Linaria pelopponesiaca. Widespead up 2600 m, occuring in some places together with Scutellaria alpina. Here only about 20-25 cm tall. One month earlier at 1700 m, I found it growing profusely but it was about 120 cm tall.
George
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pics 029 and 030, are somewhat intriging. I think that they are Achillea ageratifolia but, I am not sure yet. If indeed it is ageratifolia, it is the 1st of four species of Achillea I encountered in this trip.
pics 043, 034 (1900 m) and 451 (2100 m): unidentified sp, widespead but only from about 1900 m to about 2300 m. Low lying and prostate in habit.
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pic 037: Teucrium sp. I am not sure of the species but it coulb be Teucrium chamaedrys.
pics 059, 477, 478 and 498: Anthyllis aurea. Widespread below 2200 m.
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pics 064 and 066: Thalictrum minus ssp saxatile. Not so widespread occuring from 2000 m - 2200 m. About 120 cm tall.
pic 082: Asragalus (?) sp.
pic 084: Asyneuma limonifolium. About 20 cm tall, widespread. Occuring from about 1700 m to 2600 m.
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pics 095 and 094: Edraianthus graminifolius. Widespread from 2200 m to 2500 m. Occuring also in the Eastern side of the Mountain but, here, in limestone, it is thriving.
pic 108: Minuartia sp. I searched the literature but, I cannot be sure of whate species it is. There so many Minuartia species reported in Greece.
pic 124: Iberis sempervirens
pic 125: My first encountered with Scutellaria alpina, occuring together with Linaria peloponnesiaca at 2500 m. At first I mistook it for a Salvia sp. Widespread but, it occurs only above 2300 m.
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pics 127 and 130: More Scutellaria alpina.
pics 136 and 138: Senecio sp. Again, I am not sure of the species status. May be Senecio rupestris. Really magnificent at 2500 m.
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pics 139 and 140: a second Achillea sp occuring at 2600 m. Possibly Achillea ambrosiaca.
pic 144: Gentiana verna ssp balcanica
pics 154 and 156: I have to show this again. Only few remaing in full flower at 2650 m. Saxifraga sempervivum
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More Gentiana and Myosotis alpestris all in meadows at 2700 m
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Ranunculus fields at 2700 m.
Wild horses grazing at 2700 m. Gone wild many years ago, they may be doing some damage to the ecosystem.
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pic 183: Veronica thessala
pics 189 and 204: Alyssum handelii. All three from 2700 m.
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Finally for this afternoon, a gem, growing at 2800 m near St Anthony's peak (2817 m).
Cerastium theophrastii.
A mount Olympus endemic growing only at high elevations.
George Papapolymerou
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George, thank you once more for the virtual trips in the Mt. Olympus, and not only.
Exquisite landscapes and an amazingly rich flora.
I think the 082 pic is also an Anthyllis. Thanks only to my interest in medicinal plants I can tell that 043, 034,451 is a Sideritis (mountain tea) - there are few species in Greece and surroundings. They are all valuable medicinals (never had the chance to taste a Sideritis tea, but maybe one day...).
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After a break, I would like to continue with the images of my trip - Only plnts not shown before:
pics: 242 and 246: Achillea abrosiaca (?) mostly in bud
pics: 263, 265 and 266: Cardamine carnosa at 2750 m
George
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pic 244: unidentified sp. Small flowers very dense, growing as a mat and very gracefull, 2400 m
pics 273, 295 and 365: Minuartia sp. Many species of Minuartia so species status is confusing as one has to look up details in leaves.
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pics 283 and 294: Lotus (?) sp
pics 285 and 290: Lotus (?) sp, possibly Lotus carniliculatus. Altough growing in the same area (2350 m) they seem different (from pics 283 and 294). I can't tell with certainty.
pic 299: more Scutellaria alpina (2400 m)
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pics 281 and 308: unidentified plant, 2400 m, about 30-35 cm tall
pics 319 and 320: unidentified plant, 2400 m, about 40 cm tall
pic 333: unidentified plant, common, very nice leaf rosetes
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pic 346: Centaurea (?) sp
pics 357, 367 and 370: more Scutellaria alpina
pic 366: Same sp as in 244
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I have shown Doronicum columnae before but this small ravine was full of Doronicum columnae plants.
pics 373, 375 and 378: Edraianthus graminifolius
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pic 409: Cerastium banaticum ssp speciosum
pic 412: mote Linaria peloponnesiaca
pic 414: Juniperus (?) sp. Widespread but this forming a mat at least 35-30 ft in diameter
pics 416 and 418: Saponaria bellidifolia
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pics 423 and 424: Teucrium montanum ssp helianthemoides
pics 429 and 430: Achillea millefolium at 2000 m
pic 438: unidentified plants, widespread at this elevation forming large colonies
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pics 440 and 665: Sedum or Jovibarba sp
pic 442: Silene vulgaris ssp prostrata (?)
pics 454 and 455: Gallium (?) sp
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pics 488 and 490: Helianthemum oleandicum ssp alpestre (1900 m)
pics 520, 523 and 524: Achillea holosericea
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pics 446 and 533: Epilobium angustifolium
pics 534, 540 and 555: Silene parnassica ssp dionysii, past its best
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A jewel: pics 546, 550 and 641: Hypericum olympicum up to 5 ft wide
pics 560 and 563: a moth on an unidentified sp.
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pics 568, 570 and 622: Unidentified sp, perhaps a Lotus sp (?). Very beatiful as it was forming extensive colonies
pics 571 and 574: Linum hirsutum ssp spathulatum
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pics 583, 617 and 618: Salvia argentea
pics 591 and 593: Another Hypericum sp. At the moment, I am trying to identify it from the literature but, rather difficult. Tall, about 150 cm and dense with smaller flowers.
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Another gem: Dianthus sp, probably Dianthus haematocalyx at 1750 m. Albinos can be seen.
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More Dianthus and a Centaurea (?), at 1750 m.
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As I was driving down the mountain and from 1700 m to about 1650 m I encountered four (4) different species of Campanula.
pics 645 and 646: Campanula sp with hairy leaves
pics 657 and 666: Campanula persicifolia
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pics 673 and 679: This Campanula sp although it also has hairy leaves looks different from 645 and 646
pic 689: Another Campanula sp.
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Finally, to conclude pics from this trip:
pics 691 and 694: Convolvulus arvensis
pic 696: Aseneuma limonifolium
Upcoming in a few days, images from my June 12 trip to the Eastern side of mount Olympus
George Papapolymerou