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Title: Sentier des Roches ( France/ Vosges Mts. )
Post by: Hans J on May 25, 2010, 06:50:49 PM: Yesterday we had so beautiful wether so we could make one of our favorite walkings in the Vosges Mts :

Sentier des Roches

Here are some pics :

Oxalis acetosella
Gentiana lutea
Saxifraga ?
fern ?
Title: Re: Sentier des Roches ( France/ Vosges Mts. )
Post by: Hans J on May 25, 2010, 06:54:16 PM: on this trip you should good walking shoes - no problem with vertigo ....and some condition for walking
a lot of flowers was on our way :

Viola palustris
Cardamine palustre
Dactylorhiza ?
Title: Re: Sentier des Roches ( France/ Vosges Mts. )
Post by: Hans J on May 25, 2010, 06:59:19 PM: Frankental
Col de Falimont
Viola lutea (pansy type -yellow and blue variety)
Anemone nemorosa
fields of Narcissus - flower over
Viola riviniana
Title: Re: Sentier des Roches ( France/ Vosges Mts. )
Post by: Hans J on May 25, 2010, 07:03:15 PM: Vaccinum
Lilium martagon
Leucojum vernum ( this population grows on a unusual altitude of 1100m )
Martinswand ( special for climbers )
Lac de Frankental
Allium victorialis ( a very rare plant in this Mts.)
Title: Re: Sentier des Roches ( France/ Vosges Mts. )
Post by: Hans J on May 25, 2010, 07:07:32 PM: more near snow fields still Primula ,Daphne + Narcissus in flower
on 1300 m altitude we found a other Anemone - sorry but I dont know the name -they are endemic here in the Vosges mts.....I have now searched a bit :this is maybe not a Anemone ...it is a Pulsatilla alpina ;)
Le 'Hohneck' ( the second high peak of the Vosges Mts. - 1363m)
After a break with coffee and Tarte Myrtille we goes back to our car

Enjoy
Hans 8)
Title: Re: Sentier des Roches ( France/ Vosges Mts. )
Post by: Alberto on May 25, 2010, 07:37:10 PM: Wonderful pictures! It looks like you have not to travel so far to see rare plants! You have to show me the place as soon as I come to you!
Ciao
Alberto
Title: Re: Sentier des Roches ( France/ Vosges Mts. )
Post by: Hans J on May 25, 2010, 07:46:37 PM: Thank you Alberto ;D

we have to drive from my home to start this walk around 100 km ...it is not so near
No problem to guid you for this trip ...maybe the Lilium are in this time in flowers and if we have luck we can watch chamois ....

Ciao
Title: Re: Sentier des Roches ( France/ Vosges Mts. )
Post by: Paddy Tobin on May 25, 2010, 09:31:41 PM: Great location, great views, great plants and great photographs.

Paddy
Title: Re: Sentier des Roches ( France/ Vosges Mts. )
Post by: Hans J on May 26, 2010, 07:15:08 AM: Thank you Paddy :D
Title: Re: Sentier des Roches ( France/ Vosges Mts. )
Post by: Gerdk on May 26, 2010, 07:27:07 AM: Quote from: Hans J on May 25, 2010, 06:59:19 PM
Frankental
Col de Falimont
different Viola - maybe Gerd will know it
Anemone nemorosa
fiels of Narcissus - flower over

Hans,
Great trip - and so close to your home! Real Mountain feeling!

The violets are Viola lutea (pansy type -yellow and blue variety) and Viola riviniana. The former one most obviously Viola palustris.

Gerd
Title: Re: Sentier des Roches ( France/ Vosges Mts. )
Post by: Hans J on May 26, 2010, 07:59:47 AM: Gerd - thank you !

You are shure right :D
The V.palustris grows in very wet conditions
The other are the 'Vogesenstiefmütterchen'
and the one was a dark flowering near a wood

Yes the Vosges mts. are really great - here is a little information :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vosges_Mountains

We know it very well and we like really !
In earlier times we made there always trips some day with tent and backpacking....
Title: Re: Sentier des Roches ( France/ Vosges Mts. )
Post by: christian pfalz on May 26, 2010, 12:32:46 PM: hi hans,
where do you come from in germany ....Pforzheim?
the vosges are very interesting, a few years ago i was on the grand ballon...great place, many orchids...
cheers
chris
Title: Re: Sentier des Roches ( France/ Vosges Mts. )
Post by: Hans J on May 26, 2010, 12:52:13 PM: Hi Chris ,

I will write you a PM

Hans
Title: Re: Sentier des Roches ( France/ Vosges Mts. )
Post by: cohan on May 30, 2010, 12:18:48 AM: nice trip--100km is not too bad :) we drove 60km each way today to go shopping (food; there are closer, but not as good..)...i like the pulsatilla and violas especially ..