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Crocus vernus ssp. vernus
Spring Crocus
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0220 1054 (2020-02-26)Copyright © 2020 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Feb 20, 2020
latitude 46.33637 longitude 13.54153
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Bovec basin; northwest of 'Jezerca' place, west of Bovec; East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)notes Slo: spomladanski žefran - syn.: Crocus vernus (L.) Hill, Crocus sativus var. vernus L., Crocus napolitanus Mordant & Loisel - Habitat: Mixed wood; hardwood, broadleaf tress dominant; moderately inclined mountain slopes; south aspect; cretaceous clastic (flysh) bedrock; humid and relatively warm place; mostly in shade or half-shade; average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 450 m (1.500 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comment: Crocus vernus ssp. vernus is a common plant in Slovenia and one of the earliest spring flower growing mainly in light woods but also on meadows. On some spots flowers appear in massive numbers, which color forest ground patches completely violet. Where it is intermixed with other blooming flowers it provides particularly magnificent vistas. Such spot is west of Bovec, where it appears in thousands and thousands. There, it is accompanied by white Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) and Spring Snowflakes (Leucojum vernum). All three plants have bulbs and love quite humid habitat. This is assured by flysh bedrock at this site. This rock keeps rain water much longer than surrounding limestone or dolomite bedrock, which most of Julian Alps are composed of. - Ref.: (1) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007), p 754. (2) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 1092. (3) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 1025.camera Sony ILCE6000 / Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar E 16-70 mm/f4
contributor's ID # Bot_1273/2020_DSC02080 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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