Picromerus bidens is a shieldbug that attacks and feeds on many different types of insects, in particular butterfly caterpillars and the larvae of beetles and hymenoptera…
Endemic plants of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County – The Istrian bluebell
The Istrian bluebell (Campanula fenestrellata Feer subsp. istriaca (Feer) Dambolt) is a steno-endemic species of the Kvarner region (Photo 1). Based on recent developments in …
Dendroflora of the Liburnian coast (Opatija's winter floral postcard)
Camellias are another of the park’s winter decorations that we should seek out. We can find them not far from Villa Angiolina in an enclosed area that highlights their diversity. Although the camellias are mostly still dormant, their flower buds are swollen, waiting for the weather to become a bit warmer…
Dendroflora of the Liburnian coast – bamboos
The mild climate of the Liburnian coast, sheltered by the Učka and Ćićarija mountain ranges, together with the coast’s red soil and brown forest soils …
Meraška Pit on Cres Island
Meraška Pit is located not far from the ferry dock of Merag on Cres Island. Its size makes it an impressive geomorphological phenomenon, one of the rare collapse dolines on the island. Its special micro climate supports remarkable plant and animal life…
Kamačnik – encroachment of meadows
Where torrential streams below the hamlet of Japići flow into Kamačnik, there is a flood plain with meadows threatened by the succession of plant species…
Endemic thyme found at new site
This year the time for lizard orchid monitoring coincided with the end of the blossoming of this rare orchid, which made spotting and counting the individual plants in the field rather difficult. However, it did help us to discover yet another rare and interesting species…
The Kukuljani dolines
The Kukuljan dolines are an extraordinary hydrological phenomenon of the Croatian Littoral. A karst lake periodically emerges as a result of heavy rainfall and/or melting snow…
CANDELABRA THISTLE
Photo 1. A specimen of the newcomer species of thistle in a forest stand at Lepenice, not far from Gornje Jelenje, photographed in the fall …
Rapid spreading of the candelabra thistle in the broader region of Platak
Photo 1. A candelabra thistle on the slope of Jazvina Hill below Mali Platak (Photo by Nina Trinajstić) Rapid spreading of the candelabra thistle (Cirsium …