rosolis76 Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 Hello Everyone, Last week-end I had the opportunity to go for a small treck in the “cirque de Navacelles” in the Department of the Gard (Southern France). It is located towards the southern edge of the Massif Central mountain range. This area is a section of the typical dissected plateau named “Causses”. In this part, the Vis River eroded a deep channel through the base of the valley, creating an incised meander which eventually eroded through creating a cut-off at the neck of the loop. The place is quite dry and the landscape around looks like that: We started the trek from the small village in the “cirque” and we walked along the shore or the Vis River until we reached an old watermill. At this place, the groundwater system comes up spontaneously in a spring and creates a really humid environment between deep gorges: There was still quite a lot of water in the Vis River bed but it was possible to walk a bit along the shore to search for some Pinguicula growing in the gorges: After only 5 minutes walking I found the first population of Pinguicula longifolia subsp.caussensis which are endemic from “causses” ecosystems: As they were growing in a shady place they just started to form their flower scapes: Other part of the population was growing on the opposite side of the gorges in a quite sunny place and I had to cross the river to reach the place. If you focus on the following picture you can see some Pinguicula flowers among the grass and a crazy young man freezing because of the really cold water: Some details of the plants already flowering: ...and catching preys: Some of them were growing on a rock almost in the middle of the river. It was the most beautiful group I saw there: I hope you enjoyed this short field trip report. Best regards, Damien 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Great report! Thanks for sharing Dieter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlatokrt Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Wow, that surrounding landscape is looking really dry! Anyway, nic plants and pics :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
werds Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Really nice habitat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Really interesting habitat and interesting report. Thanks for sharing. Best regards, Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenofeden Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Always great to see them in habitat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisscool_38 Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Great! You found them! At least, water level was not too high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alooha Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 Perfect! Nice pics ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosolis76 Posted April 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 Thank you for your comments! Yes kisscool, thank you for the data. You will see tons of flowers if you go there soon ;-). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis J. Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 Nice pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ada Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 Lovely pings,always great to see them where they grow naturally. ada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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