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General Subjects => General Forum => Topic started by: kaygri on March 13, 2008, 12:26:57 PM
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Hello, I'm trying to find out about the flora of the Atlas mountains near Morocco and can't seem to find much info on the internet on the plant species there. Has anyone any idea?
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Couple of articles in old Journals, Kaye... do you have the CD? If not I'll copy them today when I have time. M
SRGC Journals, 32/ 187 J. Archibald
93/433 C. Aitchison
results in AGS Bulletins
Entry Volume Page
Morocco 68 46-47C
Morocco 58 111-119
Morocco 56 170-83
Morocco Arous Gorge 68 280
Morocco, High Atlas 66 336
Morocco, High Atlas 64 331-333
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Hi Maggie,
That would be great thank you, I'll have a dig around for the cd..
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Out of interest, Kaye, does Harlow Carr have library copies of SRGC and AGS journals?
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Just to impress you all I amsending this from Imlil in the foot hills of the High Atlas :D
David and I are having q great time but could not find any worthwhile info before we came out >:(
No narcissi yet but we keep hoping and have another 7 days
love to you all Carol
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Hi, Carol and David....happy hols! Very impressed at "emails from Imlil".... sounds like the start of a joke... ::)
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Maggi, I think they keep copies of the journals in the library, I'll check it out..
Thanks for the info, it's been a geat help! ;D
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Kaye, my pleasure to help :D
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Hi Maggi
It does rather sound like the beginning of a joke...
Something on the lines of:
Dear Forum Members I am poor Berber please send 50 dollars to...
No Narcissi yet, seems it is a late year :( But given that I was in hospital not that long ago we are both very happy just being here ;D
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David is now a happy camper... we finally saw Narcissus wateiri at approx 2000 metres yesterday :) We even managed to get some photos which David will put up once we are home :-*
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Marrakech - midday Sat. upper 20'sC
Dyke - midday Sun 3C
Can we go back, please!
Regarding the context of this thread we did not find a guide book to flora of the High Atlas. In Imlil we spent six nights in the house of a local trecking guide who had a little interest in flowers. His flower book was a French edition of 'Guide de la Flore Mediterraneenne'; a nice book but very selective.
Probably the best we can do is our own 'Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean' by Blamey/Grey-Wilson which includes Morocco to 1000m but is still selective at 'only' 2500 plans described for the whole Mediterranean Basin.
Fortunately 'plants cann't read' (where have I heard that before) as some plants we found at 2,200m have been identified in this book and we have still to start working on our pictures and descriptions.
If anyone does find a flora for the High Atlas we would also be interested to hear of it as we will be going back for further exploration of this amazing region.
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Ah! The intrepid travellers return, welcome to the land of the vest and long-johns. Hope you both had a great time and meanwhile I will wait patiently for the pictures.
You will probably have already discounted this:-
http://www.longitudebooks.com/find/p/18637/mcms.html
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David, thanks for the link.
I had not heard of this book but it is still not what we are really looking for. The Atlas Mountains go steeply upwards for about three hours walking and then downwards for a simlar amount; then upwards and downwards; then upwards ........! Trecking in the Atlas is for the young(er) and fit and I am afraid that we (definitely 'I') am not up to this anymore. Carol and I now prefer one base with lots of day walks from it and a meal and bed at the end. The pub bit is not an option in an Islamic country but the mint tea is good ;D
No, the book we are all looking for is just a flora with lots of pretty pictures!
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I was reminded at Perth Show that we had not posted any pictures of our trip to the Altlas. So, nothing too exciting but here are a few.
Firstly a view of the hills we were walking in. Very steep but the paths mostly followed an easy gradient to allow the mules, including us, to walk along.
Teuchrium ?rotundifolium growing in a tight crack in the rock
One of the surprises that we had was this Daphne laureola growing high on a mountainside in a lava field with no protection at all from the heat and sunlight. It was quite compact and had super bloom
This yellow flowered plant is unknown to me.
Finally, and please forgive the quality, these are just to prove that we did indeed find Narcissus watieri. Carol even found one with a completely reflexed cup.
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David,
Interesting Daphne. Lots of flowers in each head, that is for sure. Love the Narc. watieri.
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Some friends are visiting Morocco for a couple of weeks in February and have asked what sort of plants they might see so they can be on the look out for them. Any suggestions please? They are not going into the high Atlas, but are spending time travelling around the country. Thanks for any suggestions.
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I can't put a name to any other than I posted in 2008, Brian, sorry. It is an amazing country, though.
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Some friends are visiting Morocco for a couple of weeks in February and have asked what sort of plants they might see so they can be on the look out for them. Any suggestions please? They are not going into the high Atlas, but are spending time travelling around the country. Thanks for any suggestions.
The garden of Yves St. Laurent is worth a visit in Marrakech, a stunning oasis.
johnw
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Agree, John, a very interesting and different garden. Rather quieter than 'The Square'.
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Agree, John, a very interesting and different garden. Rather quieter than 'The Square'.
Right you are David. The square is where the sleeve of my shirt was yanked off from all the tugging. Mercifully my hotel was just outside the old wall. The next day they must have recognized me as no one bothered me at all.
johnw
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Thanks David and John, I will pass on your comments.