2010.10.19 Vienna X. district (Hohlweg am Johannesberg, 183 msm Quadrant 7864/3).This is the natural monument 'Hohlweg am Johannesberg' which hosts some rare species of plants; it is an old hollow-way now out of use (as it is now protected as a nature reserve), the walls consist of loess.What you can see here only is a habitat shot, featuring a nice Ulmus minor tree, plus some Rosa species, Asparagus officinalis in the foreground, and then also Centaurea, Knautia and many more - all of them being plants which are rather common in Pannonian climate.The rarer ones will follow, and will be posted here as soon as I've uploaded them.See also remarks on nearby S1 motorway hills ('Johannesbergerl') - a nearby ersatz habitat which might become a refuge for some of the very rare Hohlweg species.
Ceanothus decornutus. A new study establishing this species was published in Madroo 61(4):399-406. 2014. See www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3120/0024-9637-61.4.399 for an abstract. The new species has yet to be shown in the Jepson Interchange Database or CalFlora. Photographed at University of California Botanical Garden in Berkeley, CA.
A species of Yarumo which lines the banks of some tropical rivers. Photo from an island in the Amazon River between Colombia and Peru. In context at www.dixpix.ca/Amazon/flora/rosales/index.html
A bush found in Southern California and northern Baja California, which is resinous and prone to wildfires. Known in English as Greasewood or Redshank, and in Spanish as Chamizo. Photo from near La Paz, Baja California, possibly planted.
The white topped foliage of Yarumo Plateado, a feature of the highlands from Colombia to Peru. Photo from a helicopter over the Condor Range near Peru/Ecuador border. In context at www.dixpix.ca/meso_america/Flora/rosales/index.html