Woodcarver
I have the pleasure of working in the field again this year, this time in the forests around Vienna, which … Continue reading Woodcarver
I have the pleasure of working in the field again this year, this time in the forests around Vienna, which … Continue reading Woodcarver
There are more to mountains than what we see in front of us at any given time: a vast … Continue reading Dirt and Rivers of Ice
The Hohe Wand is a karst plateau that reaches an altitude of 1,132m and runs for 8km about an hour … Continue reading Two, the same as an uncle
It’s been a while since I wrote a blog post. In fact it has been a while since I regularly … Continue reading It’s good to be back
Mopane (Colospermum mopane) trees form dry woodlands in the Kalahari in Namibia, just below the moister Miombo woodlands. One … Continue reading Mopane Woodlands
A break away gives you a great chance to objectively think about your home life from afar without being influenced … Continue reading Respite and recharge
Finally having some free time – and after a week of excursions where the pleasure of being in the … Continue reading Rattle and Humus
I came across these two trees today in the forest – a beech and an oak – joined together at … Continue reading Accross the barricades
Over the last couple of weeks I have been trying to put aside my winter gluttony and get back out … Continue reading Getting going again
Originally posted on IFSA BOKU:
IFSA LC BOKU decided to contribute to the European Forest Week by organizing a wilderness retreat… Continue reading Wilderness Retreat 2013
The picture shows a canker on a London Plane tree (Platanus acerifolia). Cankers are growths on trees caused by pathogenic … Continue reading Canker
I was going through some photos, and happened across these three of the eye catching caterpillar of the Viennese … Continue reading Der Kaiser
As Austria slowly begins to cool down after the heatwave of the past few weeks, it is finally … Continue reading More highlands
A couple of weeks ago, on the way back from a very interesting silvics excursion, I had the good … Continue reading The lost world
There is one tree in the foreground of this picture. I took this in the Naturpark Föhrenberg in the limestone area … Continue reading How many trees are in the foreground of this picture?
The Lainzer Tiergarten is a nature reserve on the western borders of Vienna. A route which I have hiked … Continue reading More encounters
Having taken my last exam before the summer break, I was finally free to do a hike which had … Continue reading There and back again – a plant geeks tale
I took this photo at an altitude of about 1300m, in a silicate area near the Raxalpe. It may … Continue reading What’s wrong with this picture?
If you walk in a woods, you can often see mosses growing at the feet and on the lower trunk … Continue reading Microsite
On every one of my hikes through the Austrian woodlands I come across Arum specimens. This is Arum cylindraceum (Arum alpinum), … Continue reading The Con-Artist