A tour in North-Italy

[alpinelover]

Frankie,
Wonderful plants and great photos.
Soldanella sp. = Soldanella pusilla
Armeria maritima (photo 3) = Armeria alpina

Thanks Franz for the help.

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A second excursion took us to the nearby village Peio, situated in the Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio. Here you can take a cable car up to the height of 3,000 m. The nearby Monte Vioz is 3645 m high.

An impression of the enviroment.

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Ranunculus glacialis on a height of 3000 m. (foto 1,2,3 and 4)
Leucanthemopsis alpina. (foto 5,6,7 and
Veronica bellidioides. (foto 9 and 10)

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Saxifraga bryoides (foto 1,2 and 3)
Primula glutinosa (foto 4)
Geum reptans (foto 5 and 6)
Achillea moschata (foto 7 and
Doronicumspecies (foto 9 and 10)

[ranunculus]

Lovely pictures, Frankie.

[alpinelover]

Thanks Cliff.

Rhododendron ferrugineum (foto 1)
Pinguicula (foto 2)
A Cerastium (foto 3 and 4)
Aconitum napellus (foto 5)
Campanula barbata (foto 6)
Campanula scheuchzeri (foto 7)
Thymus serpyllum (foto
Nigritella nigra (foto 9)

[Peter Maguire]

Some fabulous pictures Frankie - yet another place on my 'must visit' list.

(The Pinguicula is Pinguicula leptoceras I believe)

[chasw]

And for the serious drivers out there here is another view of the Stelvio,and no its not my mini,but hopefully next year..............l

[Maggi Young]

The Stelvio features in the great bike races - if you think it's taxing in a car, imagine what it must be like on a bike - going up or down!     

Just checked the stats ........Over 24 kms long,  up  over 1800m ..... all those hairpins, more than two dozen........ phew!!

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Some animals,

Decticus verrucivorus. (photo 1)
Argynnis paphia (photo 2)
Lacerta vivipara (photo 3 and 4)
Vipera berus (photo 5)

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Between the mountains, Adamella and Presanella, there is the Val Genova with a nice waterfall: Cascata di Nardis.

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Some plants around the waterfall:

Hepatica nobilis. (photo 1 and 2)
Digitalis lutea. (photo 3)
Euphrasia (photo 4 and 5)
Gymnocarpium dryopteris (photo 6)

[Maggi Young]

Something fascinating about waterfalls, isn't there?
Plants, animals, scenery and sunshine.... Frankie you're bringing it all to us, thank you!

[Armin]

Frankie,
thanks for your report, enjoy it. The Vipera berus looks a bit weird.
Was it dead or old skin peeling off ?

[alpinelover]

Something fascinating about waterfalls, isn't there?
Plants, animals, scenery and sunshine.... Frankie you're bringing it all to us, thank you!

You're welcome, Maggi.