Natural History Photographs


Gorges have a special appeal to many people, in part doubtlessly because of the often dramatic landscapes. But gorges are also attractive to botanists as they are home to chasmophytes, plants that grow on rock faces. Gorges often form through the abrasive working of water on limestone, and where there is predictable water, there is normally human presence. This gorge is no exception, with the presence of a little chapel, the Church of Saint Nicholas the Kourtaliotiko. As a collateral advantage, there is a well-paved path to the chapel deep down in the gorge.


Sedum litoreum
Authority:Gussone, 1826
Français:orpin du littoral, sédum du littoral
Italiano:borracina litorale
Chrysididae
Nederlands:Goudwespen
English:Cuckoo wasps, Emerals wasps
Deutsch:Goldwespen
Satureja thymbra
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Italiano:santoreggia sarda
Español:sarriette à odeur de thym

Filago pygmaea
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Italiano:evax commune
Muscari cf.
spreitzenhoferi
Authority:(Heldr. ex Osterm.) H. R. Wehrh. 1929
Synonyms:Leopoldia spreitzenhoferi Heldr. ex Osterm. 1890
Biscutella didyma
Synonyms:Biscutella apula,Biscutella ciliata,Biscutella columnae,Biscutella eriocarpa,
Biscutella lyrata
Lamium amplexicaule
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Nederlands:Hoenderbeet
English:Henbit Dead-nettle
Deutsch:Stängelumfassende Taubnessel
Norsk:Myktvetann
Svenska:Mjukplister
Français:Lamier à feuilles embrassantes
Italiano:erba ruota, falsa-ortica reniforme, lamio rotondo
Español:conejitos, gallitos, lamio, morrons dobles, ortiga mansa, ortiga muerta de hojas abrazantes,
ortiga muerta menor, patica de gallo, zapatitos de la virgen
Plantago afra
Authority:Linnaeus, 1762
English:Glandular Plantain
Italiano:piantaggine pulicaria, psillio, pulicaria
Español:zaragatona
Mercurialis annua
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Nederlands:Tuinbingelkruid
English:Annual Mercury
Deutsch:Einjähriges Bingelkraut
Norsk:Ugrasbingel
Svenska:Grenbingel
Français:Mercuriale annuelle
Italiano:mercorella, mercorella comune
Español:malcoraje, mercurial, mercurial negro, murcarol, ortiga mansa,
ortiga muerta