Natural History Photographs


Anaga: Pico del Inglés
25 December 2016


From the Mirador Pico del Inglés, a track leads into the laurel forest to the south. The laurel forest soon enough tranforms into Fayal-Brezal, dominated by giant heathers. Further down the landscape becomes much more open and trees become the exception rather than the rule. This steep ecological gradient guarantees a rich flora and fauna - all set in a magnificent landscape. The presentation below is roughly in chronological order.







Blechum spicant Lobaria virens


Lobaria virens


Sticta canariensis


Lobaria virens & Sticta canariensis


Leptogium cochleatum Hypotrachyna cf. rockii


Pectenia atlantica


Sticta canariensis & Pectenia atlantica


Coccomyces delta


Fuscopannaria cf. mediterranea


Sticta fuliginosa


Monanthes cf. minima


Pectenia atlantica Lobaria virens


Unidentified lichen


Parmotrema reticulatum


Dictyonema coppinsii


Ochrolechia parella Basidiomycota


Unidentified lichen


Pectenia plumbea


Platismatia glauca Flavoparmelia caperata


Mannia androgyna Lunularia cruciata


Parmotrema
robustum

Heterodermia cf. obscurata


Heterodermia leucomelos Fossombronia spec.


Diploschistes diacapsis


Davallia canariensis Sonchus spec. Habenaria tridactylites


Usnea rubicunda Candelariella coralliza


Acrotylus insubricus


Flavopunctelia flaventior Notholaena marantae


Aeonium spec.


cf. Corsinia spec. Ramalina decipiens


Coccocarpia erythroxyli Ramalina bourgeana


Mannia androgyna


Cheilanthes pulchella cf. Ch. guanchica


Aeonium spp. Asplenium aureum


Kleinia neriifolia & Ramalina implectens



Gennaria diphylla
Arisarum
simorrhinum

Polypodium macaronesicum



Pleiomeris canariensis
Pseudocyphellaria
aurata


Hedera canariensis