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.
2010.04.30 Austria, Vienna XXII. district (fringe of heath - Heisslnde, 155 m AMSL).Flowering in (march) april; here already growing fruit which will be ripe in may.Common once but has become rather rare due to elm diseases.German name: FeldulmeID: Sciadopitys at flickr.com (I mistook this one for entirely different looking Carpinus betulus), and Fischer & al., Exkursionsflora (2008 3rd)