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Tarine dairy cows in Vanoise. Peisey Nancroix valley, Vanoise National Park, Alps, France
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Tarine dairy cows in Vanoise. Peisey Nancroix valley, Vanoise National Park, Alps, France
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Tarine dairy cows in Vanoise. Peisey Nancroix valley, Vanoise National Park, Alps, France
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Tarine dairy cows in Vanoise. Peisey Nancroix valley, Vanoise National Park, Alps, France
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Major flooding of the Rhône in Savoie. Motz dam in December 2023: heavy rainfall caused the river to flood, regulated by the CNR (Compagnie Nationale
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Major flooding of the Rhône in Savoie. Motz dam in December 2023: heavy rainfall caused the river to flood, regulated by the CNR (Compagnie Nationale du Rhône) reservoirs, run-of-river flow, Chautagne, Haute Savoie, France
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Major flooding of the Rhône in Savoie. Motz dam in December 2023: heavy rainfall caused the river to flood, regulated by the CNR (Compagnie Nationale
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Major flooding of the Rhône in Savoie. Motz dam in December 2023: heavy rainfall caused the river to flood, regulated by the CNR (Compagnie Nationale du Rhône) reservoirs, run-of-river flow, Chautagne, Haute Savoie, France
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Polypores on decaying wood. (Trametes versicolor ?) Saprophytic lignicolous fungi on stumps, fruiting all year round. France
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Polypores on decaying wood. (Trametes versicolor ?) Saprophytic lignicolous fungi on stumps, fruiting all year round. France
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Alley of old plane trees in Provence, Luberon region, France
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Alley of old plane trees in Provence, Luberon region, France
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The bottom of the gorges d'Oppedette, in the Luberon. Gorges
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
The bottom of the gorges d'Oppedette, in the Luberon. Gorges d'Oppedette sensitive natural area. Classified by Arrêté Préfectoral de Biotope in 1997 and as a Espace naturel sensible départemental in 2007, the Gorges d'Oppedette is home to protected plant and animal species such as the Great Horned Owl, the Short-toed Eagle, the Little and Great Murin, Petrarch's Doradilla and the Spotted Dolphinella. Luberon Regional Nature Park. France
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Gorges d'Oppedette, in the Luberon. Gorges d'Oppedette sensitive natural area. Classified by Arrêté Préfectoral de Biotope in 1997 and as a Espace
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Gorges d'Oppedette, in the Luberon. Gorges d'Oppedette sensitive natural area. Classified by Arrêté Préfectoral de Biotope in 1997 and as a Espace naturel sensible départemental in 2007, the Gorges d'Oppedette is home to protected plant and animal species such as the Great Horned Owl, the Short-toed Eagle, the Little and Great Murin, Petrarch's Doradilla and the Spotted Dolphinella. Luberon Regional Nature Park. France
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Hazelnut (Corylus avellana) in bloom in late winter, Bugey, Ain, France
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Hazelnut (Corylus avellana) in bloom in late winter, Bugey, Ain, France
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Les Mourres de Forcalquier. The rocks that make up today's Mourres were formed in a lacustrine environment around 25 million years ago. They are
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Les Mourres de Forcalquier. The rocks that make up today's Mourres were formed in a lacustrine environment around 25 million years ago. They are thought to have originated from the stabilization of limestone sediment by seagrass beds. More recently, differential erosion has uncovered edifices consolidated by algal constructions. The spectacular basin-like shapes are thought to have resulted from the necrosis of the central part of the algal islets as they grew vertically and laterally. France
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Les Mourres de Forcalquier. The rocks that make up today's Mourres were formed in a lacustrine environment around 25 million years ago. They are
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Les Mourres de Forcalquier. The rocks that make up today's Mourres were formed in a lacustrine environment around 25 million years ago. They are thought to have originated from the stabilization of limestone sediment by seagrass beds. More recently, differential erosion has uncovered edifices consolidated by algal constructions. The spectacular basin-like shapes are thought to have resulted from the necrosis of the central part of the algal islets as they grew vertically and laterally. France
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Les Mourres de Forcalquier. The rocks that make up today's Mourres were formed in a lacustrine environment around 25 million years ago. They are
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Les Mourres de Forcalquier. The rocks that make up today's Mourres were formed in a lacustrine environment around 25 million years ago. They are thought to have originated from the stabilization of limestone sediment by seagrass beds. More recently, differential erosion has uncovered edifices consolidated by algal constructions. The spectacular basin-like shapes are thought to have resulted from the necrosis of the central part of the algal islets as they grew vertically and laterally. France
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Les Mourres de Forcalquier. The rocks that make up today's Mourres were formed in a lacustrine environment around 25 million years ago. They are thought to have originated
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Les Mourres de Forcalquier. The rocks that make up today's Mourres were formed in a lacustrine environment around 25 million years ago. They are thought to have originated from the stabilization of limestone sediment by seagrass beds. More recently, differential erosion has uncovered edifices consolidated by algal constructions. The spectacular basin-like shapes are thought to have resulted from the necrosis of the central part of the algal islets as they grew vertically and laterally. France
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Anecium earthworm on the litter of a forest path. Anectic earthworms, generally large in size, make permanent vertical burrows in the ground, between
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Anecium earthworm on the litter of a forest path. Anectic earthworms, generally large in size, make permanent vertical burrows in the ground, between 1 and 2 meters deep, in which they move to feed at night on leaves that have fallen to the surface of the soil, which they drag into their burrows. France
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Anecium earthworm on the litter of a forest path. Anectic
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Anecium earthworm on the litter of a forest path. Anectic earthworms, generally large in size, make permanent vertical burrows in the ground, between 1 and 2 meters deep, in which they move to feed at night on leaves that have fallen to the surface of the soil, which they drag into their burrows. France
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Hikers in the Jura, with Mont Blanc in the background. Hikers traverse a ridge in the Jura, in the Grand Colombier massif, with the Mont Blanc massif
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Hikers in the Jura, with Mont Blanc in the background. Hikers traverse a ridge in the Jura, in the Grand Colombier massif, with the Mont Blanc massif in the background, 90 km away. France
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Jura landscape, with Mont Blanc in the background. Jura pastures, in the Grand Colombier massif, with the Mont Blanc massif in the background, 90 km
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Jura landscape, with Mont Blanc in the background. Jura pastures, in the Grand Colombier massif, with the Mont Blanc massif in the background, 90 km from . France
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Alisier tree covered in fresh snow in the Jura. Grand Colombier
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Alisier tree covered in fresh snow in the Jura. Grand Colombier massif, Ain, France
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Alisier tree covered in fresh snow in the Jura. Grand Colombier massif, Ain, France
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Alisier tree covered in fresh snow in the Jura. Grand Colombier massif, Ain, France
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Alisier tree covered in fresh snow in the Jura. Grand Colombier massif, Ain, France
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Alisier tree covered in fresh snow in the Jura. Grand Colombier massif, Ain, France
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Alisier tree covered in fresh snow in the Jura. Grand Colombier
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Alisier tree covered in fresh snow in the Jura. Grand Colombier massif, Ain, France
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Beech on a Jura ridge. Grand Colombier massif - in the background, Mont Blanc, 90 km away as the crow flies, France
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Beech on a Jura ridge. Grand Colombier massif - in the background, Mont Blanc, 90 km away as the crow flies, France
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Ice hairs on dead wood in the Bugey region. An unusual winter
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Ice hairs on dead wood in the Bugey region. An unusual winter phenomenon that has long remained a mystery: under the effect of frost, extremely fine (0.02mm), curved ice fibers grow several centimeters from the pores of dead wood on a branch, provided the wood is colonized by a saprophytic fungus, Exidiopsis effusa, whose presence prevents the formation of crystals. As soon as the first rays of sunlight appear, these hairs .France
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Ice hairs on dead wood in the Bugey region. An unusual winter phenomenon that has long remained a mystery: under the effect of frost, extremely fine
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Ice hairs on dead wood in the Bugey region. An unusual winter phenomenon that has long remained a mystery: under the effect of frost, extremely fine (0.02mm), curved ice fibers grow several centimeters from the pores of dead wood on a branch, provided the wood is colonized by a saprophytic fungus, Exidiopsis effusa, whose presence prevents the formation of crystals. As soon as the first rays of sunlight appear, these hairs .France
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Lichens in the Luberon. Lichens (Evernia prunastri) cover low
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Lichens in the Luberon. Lichens (Evernia prunastri) cover low branches on a shady, damp Luberon hillside. A perfume base (antioxidant fixative) is extracted from this locally common lichen, giving a rather masculine woody note ("chyprés" perfumes). This lichen is also used in air quality biomonitoring for its bioaccumulative properties of heavy metals and radioelements. France
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The Dorche waterfall in autumn, in the Bugey region. A tributary of the Rhone, the Dorche has been designated a "Wild River Site" along its entire length and main tributaries,
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
The Dorche waterfall in autumn, in the Bugey region. A tributary of the Rhone, the Dorche has been designated a "Wild River Site" along its entire length and main tributaries, Ain, France.
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The Dorche waterfall in autumn, in the Bugey region. A tributary of the Rhone, the Dorche has been designated a "Wild River Site" along its entire
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
The Dorche waterfall in autumn, in the Bugey region. A tributary of the Rhone, the Dorche has been designated a "Wild River Site" along its entire length and main tributaries, Ain, France.
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Chautagne during high water on Lac du Bourget. Flood of December 2023, the highest in 33 years at + 3.07 m, Savoie, France
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Chautagne during high water on Lac du Bourget. Flood of December 2023, the highest in 33 years at + 3.07 m, Savoie, France
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Chautagne during high water on Lac du Bourget. Flood of December 2023, the highest in 33 years at + 3.07 m, Savoie, France
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Chautagne during high water on Lac du Bourget. Flood of December 2023, the highest in 33 years at + 3.07 m, Savoie, France
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Winter twilight on Lac d'Armaille in the Bugey region. Lac d'Armaille in winter after heavy rain. Bugey, Ain, France
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Winter twilight on Lac d'Armaille in the Bugey region. Lac d'Armaille in winter after heavy rain. Bugey, Ain, France
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Winter twilight on Lac d'Armaille in the Bugey region. Lac d'Armaille in winter after heavy rain. Bugey, Ain, France
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Winter twilight on Lac d'Armaille in the Bugey region. Lac d'Armaille in winter after heavy rain. Bugey, Ain, France
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Winter twilight on Lac d'Armaille in the Bugey region. Lac
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Winter twilight on Lac d'Armaille in the Bugey region. Lac d'Armaille in winter after heavy rain. Bugey, Ain, France
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Winter lights on Lac d'Armaille. Lac d'Armaille in winter, after heavy rain. Bugey, Ain, France
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Winter lights on Lac d'Armaille. Lac d'Armaille in winter, after heavy rain. Bugey, Ain, France
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Thallus of a crustacean lichen (Xalocoa ocellata) on pudding rock in Catalonia, Spain. Species with very large white thallus, Mediterranean
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Thallus of a crustacean lichen (Xalocoa ocellata) on pudding rock in Catalonia, Spain. Species with very large white thallus, Mediterranean thermophile on exposed limestone-rich rocks.
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Thallus of a crustacean lichen (Xalocoa ocellata) on pudding rock in Catalonia, Spain. Species with very large white thallus, Mediterranean
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Thallus of a crustacean lichen (Xalocoa ocellata) on pudding rock in Catalonia, Spain. Species with very large white thallus, Mediterranean thermophile on exposed limestone-rich rocks.
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Monumental yew, several hundred years old, in Aragon. Taxus baccata - a dozen enormous (4 m. diameter, 15 m high) and therefore very old yews were
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Monumental yew, several hundred years old, in Aragon. Taxus baccata - a dozen enormous (4 m. diameter, 15 m high) and therefore very old yews were discovered and have since been protected in a steep, isolated forest in the upper Bujaruelo valley - Taxos de Crapera - Ordesa-Viñamala Biosphere Reserve. Huesca, Aragon, Spain
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Monumental yew, several hundred years old, in Aragon. Taxus baccata - a dozen enormous (4 m. diameter, 15 m high) and therefore very old yews were
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Monumental yew, several hundred years old, in Aragon. Taxus baccata - a dozen enormous (4 m. diameter, 15 m high) and therefore very old yews were discovered and have since been protected in a steep, isolated forest in the upper Bujaruelo valley - Taxos de Crapera - Ordesa-Viñamala Biosphere Reserve. Huesca, Aragon, Spain
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Monumental yew, several hundred years old, in Aragon. Taxus baccata - a dozen enormous (4 m. diameter, 15 m high) and therefore very old yews were
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Monumental yew, several hundred years old, in Aragon. Taxus baccata - a dozen enormous (4 m. diameter, 15 m high) and therefore very old yews were discovered and have since been protected in a steep, isolated forest in the upper Bujaruelo valley - Taxos de Crapera - Ordesa-Viñamala Biosphere Reserve. Huesca, Aragon, Spain
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Talc quarry at Trimouns, Ariège. One of the largest talc-chlorite quarries in the world, with nearly 400,000 tonnes of ore extracted every year -
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Talc quarry at Trimouns, Ariège. One of the largest talc-chlorite quarries in the world, with nearly 400,000 tonnes of ore extracted every year - around 10% of the world's production - for use in a variety of industrial sectors (paper, paint, plastics, rubber, ceramics, cosmetics, etc.). A herd of Pottok horses regularly takes up residence among the construction machinery.
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Pyrenean Saxifrage (Saxifraga longifolia), monocarpic plant of limestone cliffs. Endemic to the Pyrenees and northern Iberia.
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Pyrenean Saxifrage (Saxifraga longifolia), monocarpic plant of limestone cliffs. Endemic to the Pyrenees and northern Iberia.
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Pyrenean violet (Ramonda myconi) endemic to the Pyrenean massif, Ordessa NP, Aragon. It is one of the rare angiosperms capable of revivification
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Pyrenean violet (Ramonda myconi) endemic to the Pyrenean massif, Ordessa NP, Aragon. It is one of the rare angiosperms capable of revivification (reversible dehydration and hydration).
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Squamous lichen of the Psora genus. Catalonia, Spain
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Squamous lichen of the Psora genus. Catalonia, Spain
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Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus). The oyster mushroom grows from autumn to winter, depending on the region, in clumps on living or fallen
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus). The oyster mushroom grows from autumn to winter, depending on the region, in clumps on living or fallen deciduous trees. A wound parasite, it is also saprophytic. Medium edibility, cultivated - Haute Savoie - France
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Long-leaved butterwort (Pinguicula longifolia) in Aragon, common
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Long-leaved butterwort (Pinguicula longifolia) in Aragon, common in Ordessa Mont Perdu NP, on oozing rocky ledges. Pyrenees
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Long-leaved butterwort (Pinguicula longifolia) in Aragon, common in Ordessa Mont Perdu NP, on oozing rocky ledges. Pyrenees
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Long-leaved butterwort (Pinguicula longifolia) in Aragon, common in Ordessa Mont Perdu NP, on oozing rocky ledges. Pyrenees
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Long-leaved butterwort (Pinguicula longifolia) in Aragon, common in Ordessa Mont Perdu NP, on oozing rocky ledges. Pyrenees
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Long-leaved butterwort (Pinguicula longifolia) in Aragon, common in Ordessa Mont Perdu NP, on oozing rocky ledges. Pyrenees
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Long-leaved butterwort (Pinguicula longifolia) in Aragon, common in Ordessa Mont Perdu NP, on oozing rocky ledges. Pyrenees
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Long-leaved butterwort (Pinguicula longifolia) in Aragon, common in Ordessa Mont Perdu NP, on oozing rocky ledges. Pyrenees
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Upper Bujaruelo valley, Ordessa Mont Perdu NP, Aragon, in the
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Upper Bujaruelo valley, Ordessa Mont Perdu NP, Aragon, in the foreground, Horrible broom (Echinospartum horridum), endemic to the French and Spanish Pyrenees and the Massif Central.
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Ordessa canyon, Aragon, Spain. Spectacular glacial valley seen from the Hunters' Trail - Ordesa and Mont Perdu National Park, UNESCO World Heritage
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Ordessa canyon, Aragon, Spain. Spectacular glacial valley seen from the Hunters' Trail - Ordesa and Mont Perdu National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Ordessa canyon, Aragon, Spain. Spectacular glacial valley seen
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© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Ordessa canyon, Aragon, Spain. Spectacular glacial valley seen from the Hunters' Trail - Ordesa and Mont Perdu National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site.