Common barberry (honestly, I was surprised that it grows in Moscow)
The same one
You’ve already seen the page with the horse chestnut, but now it also includes more pieces of the inflorescence (the whole one, alas, didn’t fit). Since you’ve already seen it, I’m not showing the live plant
Rock cotoneaster
The same one
May rose. The flower was slightly damaged; next year, I think, I’ll collect another one
And what is the most exotic thing in the herbarium right now?)
There’s nothing particularly exotic, since all of this is gathered incidentally as part of everyday life, but there is a drooping bellflower that I collected last year in the Caucasus Mountains
By the way, it is listed in the Red Data Book of Krasnodar Krai, which I didn’t know at the time *awkwardly looks away*
And there is also common arrowhead, but I’m mentioning it here mainly because of its quite impressive size
There’s nothing particularly exotic, since all of this is gathered incidentally as part of...
When I was in Georgia, I saw many unique plants. In general, I still marvel at how vegetation and animals, including insects, change with latitude. For me, the abundance of red poppies there in spring was already astonishing.
I still find it amazing how vegetation and animals, including insects, change with latitude.
Yes, that sometimes amazes me too. Just recently, while talking to a person living 1,000 km away from me, I was surprised at how much bolder the birds of prey there are compared to ours (and there’s more species diversity too)