Tag Archives: Plants

The roadside effect: visual proof

Posted on August 29, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

Mountain roadsides, the most fascinating places on earth. That is, if you believe a PhD-student who has been studying them for more than 5 years now. We returned safely from our fieldwork season in the northern Scandes, with suitcases full … Continue reading →

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A plot visit

Posted on August 13, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

Not often do we get the chance to visit the sites of our colleagues at the other side of the world. Even though I am working with their data day after day at the office, the beauty of the actual … Continue reading →

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On a hunt for mountain plants

Posted on July 22, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

We are at the height of our 2017 resurvey of the vegetation along Norwegian mountain roads, and the fieldwork has been highly successfull. It has been great revisiting the plots and discovering the changes – and often the highly interesting … Continue reading →

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Impatient

Posted on July 10, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

Time for a plant portrait of one of my favourite Belgian study species: Impatiens glandulifera, a tall herb with its origin on Himalayan mountain slopes, yet introduced all over the world by humans who fell in love with it. And what’s … Continue reading →

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Aliens and their way to the top

Posted on July 6, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

5 years later, we are getting ready for a re-survey of our longterm observational plots along the roads in the Norwegian mountains. The perfect moment to summarize what we learned from our first trip. This post was published first in a … Continue reading →

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Fallopia

Posted on June 6, 2017 by lembrechtsjonas

I have been hoping to expand my research area to my homeland for a while now. Working ‘On Top of the World’ never ceases to amaze, yet closer to home tons of intriguing questions arise all the time. Why is … Continue reading →

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