Natural History Photographs





Lake Acigöl ("the bitter lake" in Turkish) is notable for its sodium sulfate which is commercially won. The vegetation just south of the lake is clearly halophile, with plants like Salicornia and Limonium. A very characteristic plant is Wormwood, an Artemisia species, perhaps maritima, with its strong fragrant scent.

Xeranthemum annuum
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Nederlands:papierbloem
English:immortelle, pink everlasting
Deutsch:Einjahrsspreublume, einjährige Spreublume, einjährige Strohblume
Français:immortelle annuelle
Italiano:erba della quaglia, perpetuini maggiore
Español:flor immortal, flor seca española, hierba del estornudo, hierba inmortal
Sideritis cf. montana
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
English:Mountain Ironwort
Deutsch:Berggliedkraut
Svenska:Sårmynte
Français:Crapaudine des montagnes
Italiano:stregonia montana, zahareña lanuda
Español:té de campo, zahareña lanuda
Batozonellus lacerticida
Authority:(Pallas, 1771)
Deutsch:Eidechsen-Wegwespe
Odontomyia angulata
Authority:(Panzer, 1798)
Nederlands:Veenmoeraswapenvlieg
English:orange-horned green colonel
Leucoma salicis
Authority:(Linnaeus, 1758)
Nederlands:satijnvlinder
Deutsch:Pappel-Trägspinner, Pappelspinner
Pontia edusa
Authority:(Fabricius, 1777)
English:Eastern Bath White
Deutsch:Resedafalter, Resedaweißling
Norsk:Vandrehvitvinge
Svenska:Grönfläckig vitfjäril
Zygaena rubicunda
English:Fulvous Burnet
Français:Zygène rubiconde