| A larger open space along the Rruga Grejcaj, some meadows surrounded by pine and mixed forest. In the pine forest, I found the intriguing mycoheterotrophic plant, Monotropa hypopitys. This plants derives its sugars from the pine tree, to which it is connected by a fungus that lives in symbiosis with the pine tree, but is parasitized upon by the so-called Dutchman's pipe. |
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On one of the woodland clearings, I found a huge boulder with a remarkably chaotic texture. Fragments are neatly layered, as one would expect from sedimentary rocks; but the fragments seem randomly oriented, something one would definitely not expect from regular sedimentation processes. A possible interpretation is that the chaotic orientation of the fragments resulted from a marine slump, a sudden slide of steeply sloping marine sediments. The presence of strongly warped rocks at the nearby Qafa e Thorës lends some credence to this interpretation, as the warped structures might also have originated in a marine slump - perhaps the same? |
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| Milesia crabroniformis |
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| This species had not been recorded yet for Albania, according to Fauna Europaea. | |
| Gentiana cruciata |
| Authority | : | Linnaeus, 1753 |
| Nederlands | : | Kruisbladgentiaan |
| English | : | Cross Gentian, Cross-leaved Gentian |
| Deutsch | : | Kreuzblättriger Enzian, Kreuzenzian |
| Norsk | : | Korssøte |
| Svenska | : | Korsgentiana |
| Français | : | Gentiane croisette |
| Italiano | : | genziana crociata, genziana minore |
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| Gentiana cruciata with mines of Chromatomyia gentianae |
| Authority | : | Linnaeus, 1753 |
| Nederlands | : | Kruisbladgentiaan |
| English | : | Cross Gentian, Cross-leaved Gentian |
| Deutsch | : | Kreuzblättriger Enzian, Kreuzenzian |
| Norsk | : | Korssøte |
| Svenska | : | Korsgentiana |
| Français | : | Gentiane croisette |
| Italiano | : | genziana crociata, genziana minore |
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| Neotinea ustulata |
| Authority | : | (L.) Bateman, Pridgeon & Chase |
| Synonyms | : | Orchis ustulata Linnaeus, 1753 |
| Nederlands | : | Aangebrande orchis |
| English | : | burnt orchid, Burnt-tip orchid, dark-winged orchid |
| Deutsch | : | angebrannte Orchis, angebranntes Knabenkraut, Brandkeuschständel, schwarzköpfige Orchis, schwärzliches Knabenkraut |
| Svenska | : | krutbrännare |
| Français | : | orchis brûlé, orchis mignon |
| Italiano | : | orchide bruciacchiata, sipho macchiettato |
| Español | : | orquídea manchada |
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| Neottia ovata |
| Authority | : | (L.) Bluff & Fingerh. 1838 |
| Synonyms | : | Listera ovata (L.) R.Br. 1813 Ophrys ovata Linnaeus, 1753 |
| Nederlands | : | Grote keverorchis |
| English | : | Common twayblade, Eggleaf twayblade |
| Deutsch | : | Grosses Zweiblatt |
| Norsk | : | stortviblad |
| Svenska | : | tvåblad |
| Français | : | Listère ovale |
| Italiano | : | listera maggiore, orchide de primavera |
| Español | : | bifolio, hierba de dos hojas, listera ovada |
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| Monotropa hypopitys |
| Authority | : | Linnaeus, 1753 |
| Synonyms | : | Hypopitys monotropa Crantz, 1766 |
| Nederlands | : | stofzaad |
| English | : | yellow bird's-nest |
| Deutsch | : | behaarte Fichtenspargel |
| Norsk | : | vaniljerot |
| Svenska | : | tallört |
| Français | : | sucepin pubescent |
| Italiano | : | ipopitide |
| Español | : | espárrago borde, jopo, pipa de indio |
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| Teucrium montanum |
| Authority | : | Linnaeus, 1753 |
| Nederlands | : | Berggamander |
| English | : | Mountain germander |
| Deutsch | : | Berg-Gamander |
| Français | : | Germandrée des montagnes |
| Italiano | : | camedrio montano, teucrio montano |
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| Viola spec. with gall |
| Nederlands | : | viooltjesbrand |
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| Prunella grandiflora |
| Authority | : | (L.) Turra, 1764 |
| Synonyms | : | Prunella vulgaris var. grandiflora Linnaeus, 1763 |
| Nederlands | : | Grote brunel |
| English | : | Large-flowered Selfheal |
| Deutsch | : | Grosse Brunelle |
| Norsk | : | Storblåkoll |
| Svenska | : | Praktbrunört |
| Français | : | Brunelle à grandes fleurs |
| Italiano | : | morella maggiore, prunella delle Alpi |
| Español | : | consuelda mayor |
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Volucella zonaria |
| Nederlands | : | Stadsreus |
| English | : | hornet hoverfly |
| Deutsch | : | Große Waldschwebfliege, Hornissenschwebfliege, Riesen-Hummelschwebfliege |
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Lycaenidae |
| Authority | : | (Leach), (1815) |
| Nederlands | : | blauwtjes |
| English | : | gossamer-winged butterflies |
| Deutsch | : | Bläulinge |
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Polyommatus damon |
| Authority | : | ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) |
| English | : | Damon Blue |
| Deutsch | : | Großer Esparsetten-Bläuling |
| Français | : | Sablé du sainfoin |
| Español | : | rayada azul |
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