Rundsoldogg (Drosera rotundifolia)

Rundsoldogg (Drosera rotundifolia)

Finner du en myr finner du også en rundsoldogg (Drosera rotundifolia), om det er på et myrflak langs et tjern eller en myr i skogen. I dagene fremover vil…


Maiblom (Maianthemum bifolium)

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…


Commiphora kua

Commiphora kua

Of all the 5 species of Commiphora on Socotra, Commiphora kua is the only one that is not endemic. It is also the only one that is a shrub no taller than 1…


Commiphora kua

Commiphora kua

Of all the 5 species of Commiphora on Socotra, Commiphora kua is the only one that is not endemic. It is also the only one that is a shrub no taller than 1…


Commiphora kua

Commiphora kua

Of all the 5 species of Commiphora on Socotra, Commiphora kua is the only one that is not endemic. It is also the only one that is a shrub no taller than 1…


Commiphora kua

Commiphora kua

Of all the 5 species of Commiphora on Socotra, Commiphora kua is the only one that is not endemic. It is also the only one that is a shrub no taller than 1…


Euphorbia arbuscula

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…


Commiphora planifrons

Commiphora planifrons

Commiphora planifrons is found seemingly sporadic on Socotra, but for every tree there are countless prostrate and gnarly individuals that are doomed to…


Euphorbia spiralis

Euphorbia spiralis

Elevation: 436 meters. Euphorbia spiralis is endemic to Socotra.


Euphorbia spiralis

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…