Acorn Peperomia (Peperomia tetraphylla)

Acorn Peperomia (Peperomia tetraphylla)

Acorn Peperomia (Peperomia tetraphylla) is found in Sikkim's tropical to temperate biomes to 3100 meters elevation. Elevation: 1102 meters. Native range is…


Piper peepuloides

Piper peepuloides

Piper peepuloides is found in Sikkim's subtropical to temperate biomes to 2500 meters elevation. Elevation: 1890 meters.


Mountain Willow (Salix fruticulosa)

Mountain Willow (Salix fruticulosa)

Mountain Willow (Salix fruticulosa) is found in Sikkim's subalpine biome. Elevation: 3636 meters. Native range is Central and Eeast Himalaya to Tibet.


Mountain Willow (Salix fruticulosa)

Mountain Willow (Salix fruticulosa)

Mountain Willow (Salix fruticulosa) is found in Sikkim's subalpine biome. Elevation: 3636 meters. Native range is Central and Eeast Himalaya to Tibet.


Mountain Willow (Salix fruticulosa)

Mountain Willow (Salix fruticulosa)

Mountain Willow (Salix fruticulosa) is found in Sikkim's subalpine biome. Elevation: 3636 meters. Native range is Central and Eeast Himalaya to Tibet.


Salix myrtillacea

Salix myrtillacea

Salix myrtillacea is found in Sikkim's temperate biome. Elevation: 3789 meters. Native range is Himalaya from Pakistan to China and Myanmar.


Myrvier (Salix glauca)

Myrvier (Salix glauca)

Sjølitjernet i Skogbygda er omkranset av myr og sumpaktig landskap der mange myrbundne arter som Myrvier (Salix glauca) trives. Hele bestanden av myrvier er…


Cynanchum revoilii

Cynanchum revoilii

Cynanchum revoilii is a very common species to mid-level elevations, but I have only occasionally encountered them in bloom like here. It has a strange looking…


Plocama puberula

Plocama puberula

My first encounter with Plocama puberula. It's growing in a crack of the wall of Dirhur canyon, where it is accessing water seepage that lasts long after the…


Hokkaido Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes ssp. schrencki)

Hokkaido Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes ssp. schrencki)

I encountered several red foxes during my days in Hokkaido, but was surprised to see so many of them injured in various ways. One had a damaged front leg and…