Friday 1 April 2022

Botanists at Work

I had to put together a choice of photos to go with some text for a community magazine who requested some info on the Association de botanique et de mycologie de Sainte Maure de Touraine. I'm on the committee and one of the people in charge of communications (mainly because I've got lots of pictures -- someone else provides the words in French). So here we are in action over the course of a few years.

Surveying mosses, Forest of Chinon, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Surveying mosses in the Forest of Chinon.

Surveying damp grassland flora on Loire River flood meadow, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Surveying damp grassland flora on a Loire River flood meadow near Langeais.

Surveying ferns, Loir et Cher, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Surveying ferns in a wooded limestone valley near Mareuil sur Cher.

Surveying plants of riverside sand, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Looking at a sedge during a survey of a dry sandy site on the banks of the Loire near Cande Saint Martin.

Surveying ferns, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Looking at a wood fern Dryopteris sp whilst surveying ferns in a privately owned forest parcel near Chambourg sur Indre.

Surveying orchids, Indre et Loire, France. Photo by Loire Valley Time Travel.
Looking at a Military Orchid Orchis militaris (Fr. Orchis militaire) on a roadside bank in the Claise Valley.


6 comments:

Colin and Elizabeth said...

Opps I've dropped my contact lense somewhere here!!!

Le Pré de la Forge said...

Susan, you ought to get them to come and study all the lichens here... I keep finding ones that are different.... and I have no Idea where to even start!

Susan said...

Le Pré: you really need Marie-Claude to visit.

Susan said...

Colin and Elizabeth: LOL. We go about the countryside searching for lost contact lenses.

Le Pré de la Forge said...

Isn't Marie-Claude one of your botanising group?

Susan said...

Le Pré: yes, sorry, misread your previous comment. So yes, I could suggest an outing to your place if Marie-Claude wants a site in the autumn.

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