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SkogbygdaNorwayBlomsterPlanterAsparagaceaeAspargesfamilienBlader

1 Jun 2024

Maiblom (Maianthemum bifolium)

Er du heldig kan du komme over store og tette bestander av maiblom, som her hvor den helt dominerer bakken. Maiblom (Maianthemum bifolium) har naturlig…

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SikkimIndiaPinaceaePlants

13 Jul 2023

Sikkim Spruce (Picea spinulosa)

Sikkim Spruce (Picea spinulosa) is found in Sikkim's temperate forests between 2400 to 3600 meters elevation. Elevation: 2775 meters. Native range is…

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SikkimIndiaPinaceaePlants

12 Jul 2023

Sikkim Spruce (Picea spinulosa)

Sikkim Spruce (Picea spinulosa) is found in Sikkim's temperate biome to 3600 meters elevation. Elevation: 2965 meters. Native range is South Tibet to Sikkim…

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SikkimIndiaPinaceaePlants

12 Jul 2023

Sikkim Larch (Larix griffithii)

Sikkim Larch (Larix griffithii) is found in Sikkim's temperate to alpine biomes to 4100 meters elevation. Elevation: 2965 meters. Native range is East Nepal to…

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SocotraAsilidaeInsects

1 Feb 2023

Robber fly (Subfamily Asilinae)

A brief encounter with one of perhaps more species of robber flies on Socotra. Elevation: 918 meters.

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JeløyaNorwayPlanterAsparagaceaeAspargesfamilien

21 Jun 2022

Asparges (Asparagus officinalis)

Vill asparges finner jeg ikke ofte i Norge, men på Jeløya står denne store og frodige bestanden. Asparges (Asparagus officinalis) har naturlig utbredelse i…

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SocotraUVTiliaceaeFlowersPlants

1 Feb 2015

Corchorus erodioides UV

Another example of a yellow flower in visible light that is very dark in UV. It is endemic to Socotra.

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SocotraFlowersTiliaceaePlants

1 Feb 2015

Corchorus erodioides

On the hills overlooking the Detwah lagoon on the west coast of Socotra I found many interesting flowers, and luckily some not destroyed by goats, like this…

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SocotraLeavesTiliaceaePlants

1 Feb 2015

Corchorus erodioides

On the hills overlooking the Detwah lagoon on the west coast of Socotra I found many interesting flowers, and luckily some not destroyed by goats, like this…

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Amazon Research and Conservation CenterPeruAmazon rainforestCaprimulgidaeBirds

12 Dec 2014

Ladder-tailed nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca)

Here in the Peruvian Amazon I found many nightjars around an oxbow lake at Amazon Research and Conservation Center (ARCC), and this ladder-tailed nightjar…

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