Tag Archives: Plant photography

To spring or not to spring

Posted on January 12, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

Climate and weather might be more unpredictable than ever, yet there is one little thing I can always count on: a small patch of crocuses close to the office, that starts to pierce the often frozen soil already in January. … Continue reading →

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Behold the buttercup

Posted on July 19, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

We had to battle the fog and rains, withstand the iciest fieldwork conditions and climb above 1000 meters in the ice-cold subarctic mountains (in the valley of Laktatjakka, close to Abisko, Sweden), but we finally sow it flowering: the glacier … Continue reading →

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Just cause I like him

Posted on March 31, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Just look at him, with its curly branches and fluffy catkins! I love the corkscrew hazel, one of the most beautiful views in early spring. There is not much I have to tell about him, though, just that he cheers … Continue reading →

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The proof we needed

Posted on November 13, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Good news for those ecologists studying species distributions: it turns out that the climatic niche of mountain plants is fairly conserved in space (Wasof et al. 2015). These results come from a study on the distribution of alpine species in the European … Continue reading →

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Remember them

Posted on October 27, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

I still owed you a gallery of my latest visit to Abisko. You can enjoy the rainbows, clouds and splashes of sun here (or find it on the right of my blog).  Summer is gone and all flowers are fading. It … Continue reading →

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