1 Jun 2024
Skogstjerne (Lysimachia europaea)
Går du en tur i skogen i mai/juni vil du nesten helt sikkert se en skogstjerne eller fler. Denne skogbunnens stjerne kan enkelte steder vokse i tette…
18 Dec 2023
Socotra Cucumber Tree (Dendrosicyos socotranus) with bark snails
You can find these dormant (aestivating) land snails (Achatinelloides) sporadically throughout Socotra, but find them covering an entire Socotra cucumber tree…
18 Dec 2023
Bark snails (Achatinelloides)
You can find these dormant (aestivating) bark snails (Achatinelloides) sporadically throughout Socotra, but at this location they were in the thousands, and on…
18 Dec 2023
Bark snails (Achatinelloides)
You can find these dormant (aestivating) land bark snails (Achatinelloides) sporadically throughout Socotra, but at this location they were in the thousands,…
18 Dec 2023
Bark snails (Achatinelloides)
You can find these dormant (aestivating) bark snails (Achatinelloides) sporadically throughout Socotra, but at this location they were in the thousands, and on…
18 Dec 2023
Euphorbia arbuscula
In the drier western Socotra in particular, Socotris grow Euphorbia arbuscula as a means to feed their goats during the very harshest of droughts. It has a…
18 Dec 2023
Euphorbia spiralis
The growth of this individual is responding to dry conditions where much of the water comes in the form of fog and mist during the southwestern monsoon of the…
18 Dec 2023
Euphorbia mtolohensis
Euphorbia mtolohensis is a newly described species (2013), and named after where on Socotra it was discovered - Jabal Mtoloh. This is in the central west…
18 Dec 2023
Euphorbia mtolohensis
Euphorbia mtolohensis is newly described species (2013), and named after where on Socotra it was discovered - Jabal Mtoloh. This is in the central west…