Natural History Photographs


After the many hairpins climbing into the mountains, the road from Kapsodasos to Kallikratis winds more gently though a beautiful mountain landscape. Along the road one finds the inevitable flocks of goats, but also pockets with deciduous trees and the associated herbs and, on the trees, lichens.


Acer sempervirens
Authority:Linnaeus, 1767
Italiano:acero sempreverde
Pertusaria pertusa
Nederlands:Gewoon speldenkussentje
English:Pierced lichen
Deutsch:Gewöhnliche Porenflechte
Svenska:porlav
Pertusaria pertusa
Nederlands:Gewoon speldenkussentje
English:Pierced lichen
Deutsch:Gewöhnliche Porenflechte
Svenska:porlav
Bryophyte
Before and after spraying with water.
Fritillaria messanensis
Synonyms:Fritillaria messanensis messanensis
Cyclamen creticum
Authority:(Dörfl.) Hildebr. 1906
Synonyms:Cyclamen repandum var. creticum Dörfl. 1905
Orchis
quadripunctata
Authority:Cirillo ex Ten., 1813
English:four-spotted orchis
Deutsch:Vierpunkt-Knabenkraut
Italiano:orchide a quattro punti

Arisarum vulgare
Authority:O. Targ. Tozz. 1810
Italiano:arisaro, arisaro comune
Español:candilejos, candilicos, frailecillos, frailillos
Saxifraga rotundifolia
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Nederlands:ronde steenbreek
English:Round-leaved Saxifrage
Deutsch:Rundblättriger Steinbrech
Français:Saxifrage à feuilles rondes, sanicle de montagne
Italiano:erba stella, sassifraga a foglie rotonde
Rosularia serrata
Authority:(L.) A.Berger, 1930
Synonyms:Cotyledon serrata Linnaeus, 1753
Rosularia serrata
Authority:(L.) A.Berger, 1930
Synonyms:Cotyledon serrata Linnaeus, 1753