Natural History Photographs


When approached from the south, the Pyrenean mountains start abruptly with the Sierras Exteriores. Some spectacular examples of this transition can be found north and north-east of Huesca. Today we first visited the reservoir of Valdiello and then the tocks of Salto de Roldán.


Lactuca tenerrima
Authority:Pourr. 1768
Italiano:lattuga occidentale
Español:cerraja de pared, lagartijica, lechera, lechuga silvestre, lechugueta,
lechuguilla silvestre, marimaña, pajarilla, pan de pobre
Monotropa hypopitys
Authority:Linnaeus, 1753
Synonyms:Hypopitys monotropa Crantz, 1766
Nederlands:stofzaad
English:yellow bird's-nest
Deutsch:behaarte Fichtenspargel
Norsk:vaniljerot
Svenska:tallört
Français:sucepin pubescent
Italiano:ipopitide
Español:espárrago borde, jopo, pipa de indio
Valeriana longiflora
Authority:Willkomm, 1851
Français:valériane à longues fleurs
Español:valeriana
Saxifraga longifolia
Authority:Lapeyrouse, 1801
English:Pyrenean saxifrage
Français:saxifrage à longues feuilles
Español:abortacabras, coda de borrega, corona de rey, gallo, quebranta-piedras