LOKNA – A SUCCESSFUL EU-FUNDED PROJECT Project LOKNA, alongside four other projects dealing with environmental protection at the national level, is included in the brochure …
HALLER'S SEDGE
Photo 1. Haller’s sedge in bloom (Photo by M. Randić) HALLER’S SEDGE Just like grasses, most sedges look alike, making it difficult to identify individual …
WHAT ARE ICHNOFOSSILS?
Photo 1. An ichnofossil, about 50 million years old, from the Eocene in the sandstones of Lopar Peninsula (Photo by M. Randić) WHAT ARE ICHNOFOSSILS? …
NARROW-LEAVED MOOR GRASS – A BIO-INDICATOR OF THE FREQUENCY AND STRENGTH OF THE BORA WIND?
Photo 1. The effect of the bora wind on the slopes of Mala Peša in the area above Kripanjski Put: bent in the direction of …
Broad-leaved anemone
Photo 1. The blossoms of the broad-leaved anemone on dry meadow in Kostrena (Photo by M. Randić) Broad-leaved anemone (Anemone hortensis) When there is a …
Early spider-orchid
Photo 1. An early spider-orchid flower (Photo by M. Randić) Early spider-orchid (Ophrys sphegodes) In his monography Hrvatske orhideje (The Orchids of Croatia), Radovan Kranjčev, …
Mesophytes in woodland torrential gullies on the west coast of Krk Island
Photo 1. Corydalis can often be found in mesophytic type forests on Krk Island, but unlike the corydalis populations on the “continent” that are pink-flowered, …
Torrents and melting snow
Photo 1. Satellite image of slopes in the Obruč Mountain Cluster on 18 March 2005. (Source: Google Earth) Tongues of snow in the upper parts …
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Photo 1. The cotton thistle (in Croatian: magareći trn /donkey thistle/, bijela sikavica, bodljača or kravačac) is one of the many species of prickly plants …
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Photo 1. The feathery awn of feather grass (Photo by Patrik Krstinić) GRASSES AND THE BORA WIND ON THE ISLANDS OF KVARNER BAY Grasses are …