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JULY 2007
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| Petrohagia? fasiculata
- I am not at all sure of the identification of
this little plant. It was found by accident, when
I sat down to get my breath back after a climb
and there it was – staring me in the face!
Extremely small, if I had not sat down it would
have gone unnoticed. |
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| Me!!! -
several people have asked for a photo of me. So
here I am – not looking my best –
having climbed half way up a cliff face (with
a little help from my friends!) to photograph
Inula pseudolimonella – a Cretan endemic
that shies from the limelight! |
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| Inula pseudolimonella
- and this is what we made the climb for! On one
of the hottest days in July! It is endemic to
the Dikti and Afendis Kavousi mountains and extremely
difficult to get close enough to photograph. |
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| Grasshopper
- this funny little chap was outside my front
door, quietly munching his way through my flower
garden. A few days later there were some ten juniors
doing exactly the same thing. |
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| Harvest time
- one of the pleasures of late summer in Crete
is the strange variety of seeds pods, acorns and
nuts to be found littering the ground. This very
attractive group were under my feet as I sat down
to recover from a climb on the Katharo. |
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| Newborn
- on one of our regular refreshment stops at Yianni’s
taverna we came across this cute little fellow
waiting impatiently for someone to feed him. Members
of his extended family are incredibly destructive
and eat some of the rarest wild flowers, but who
can resist such a pathetic little creature? |
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| Zelkova ambelicea
- this attractive small tree is endemic to the
mountains of Crete. This species is listed as
vulnerable in the Greek Red Data Book, where it
is said that maybe only 50-100 mature trees survive.
In danger from grazing sheep and goats, it needs
to be protected in the wild. |
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| Cynanchum acutum
- a very pretty climber, which could easily be
overlooked, was found growing on waste ground
opposite one of the Malia beaches, completely
unnoticed by everyone but me! |
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| Verbascum sinuatum
- this is the most commonly found of the Verbascum.
It can be found on the roadside, in fields and
in sandy places all over the island. |
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