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Iberian Wildlife Tours in Spain and Portugal - for the wildlife holiday or natural history tour of a lifetime
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Picos de Europa:
a naturalist's paradise
- part 6
by Teresa Farino
Scientific names of plants mentioned in the text
| Common name |
Scientific name |
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aconite-leaved buttercup
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Ranunculus
aconitifolius
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alpine aster
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Aster alpinus
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alpine skullcap
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Scutellaria
alpina
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alpine snowbell
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Soldanella
alpina ssp. cantabrica
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alpine toadflax
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Linaria alpina
ssp. filicaulis
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angel's-tears
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Narcissus
triandrus
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ash
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Fraxinus
excelsior
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astrantia
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Astrantia
major
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bastard balm
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Melittis
melissophyllum
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beech
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Fagus
sylvatica
| |
bird's-nest orchid
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Neottia
nidus-avis
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bloody crane's-bill
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Geranium
sanguineum
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blue-leaved petrocoptis
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Petrocoptis
pyrenaica ssp. glaucifolia
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bogbean
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Menyanthes
trifoliata
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burnt orchid
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Orchis
ustulata
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common bistort
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Polygonum
bistorta
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cone knapweed
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Leuzea
conifera
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cone saxifrage
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Saxifraga
conifera
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cork oak
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Quercus suber
| |
daisy-leaved toadflax
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Anarrhinum
bellidifolium
| |
dark-red helleborine
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Epipactis
atrorubens
| |
Deptford pink
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Dianthus
armeria
| |
dog's-tooth-violet
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Erythronium
dens-canis
| |
dragonmouth
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Horminum
pyrenaicum
| |
dull ophrys
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Ophrys fusca
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early marsh orchid
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Dactylorhiza
incarnata
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early purple orchid
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Orchis mascula
| |
early spider ophrys
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Ophrys
sphegodes
| |
elder-flowered orchid
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Dactylorhiza
sambucina
| |
English iris
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Iris latifolia
| |
Etruscan honeysuckle
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Lonicera
etrusca
| |
fairy foxglove
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Erinus alpinus
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field eryngo
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Eryngium
campestre
| |
fly orchid
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Ophrys
insectifera
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fragrant orchid
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Gymnadenia
conopsea
| |
French lavender
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Lavandula
stoechas
| |
frog orchid
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Coeloglossum
viride
| |
globeflower
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Trollius
europaeus
| |
grass-of-Parnassus
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Parnassia
palustris
| |
great yellow gentian
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Gentiana lutea
| |
greater yellow-rattle
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Rhinanthus
serotinus ssp. asturicus
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green-winged orchid
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Orchis morio
| |
hairy stonecrop
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Sedum villosum
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herb-Paris
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Paris quadrifolia
| |
hoop-petticoat daffodil
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Narcissus
bulbocodium
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horned pansy
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Viola cornuta
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hyssop-leaved sideritis
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Sideritis
hyssopifolia
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Kerry lily
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Simethis
planifolia
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kidney vetch
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Anthyllis
vulneraria
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large self-heal
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Prunella
grandiflora
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large-flowered butterwort
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Pinguicula
grandiflora
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large-flowered leopard's-bane
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Doronicum
grandiflorum
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livelong saxifrage
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Saxifraga
paniculata
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lizard orchid
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Himantoglossum
hircinum
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maiden pink
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Dianthus
deltoides
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maidenhair fern
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Adiantum
capillus-veneris
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Malling toadflax
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Chaenorhinum
origanifolium
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man orchid
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Aceras
anthropophorum
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marsh hawk's-beard
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Crepis
paludosa
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marsh ragwort
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Senecio
aquaticus
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marsh-marigold
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Caltha
palustris
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martagon lily
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Lilium
martagon
| |
Mediterranean buckthorn
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Rhamnus
alaternus
| |
merendera
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Merendera
pyrenaica |
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moss campion
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Silene acaulis
| |
musk-mallow
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Malva moschata
| |
neglected saxifrage
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Saxifraga
praetermissa
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osyris
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Osyris alba
| |
pale flax
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Linum bienne
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pale-flowered orchid
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Orchis pallens
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parnassus-leaved buttercup
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Ranunculus
parnassifolius
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pink butterfly orchid
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Orchis
papilionacea
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pink sandwort
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Arenaria
purpurascens
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prickly juniper
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Juniperus
oxycedrus
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prostrate toadflax
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Linaria supina
| |
purple saxifrage
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Saxifraga
oppositifolia
| |
pygmy hawk's-beard
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Crepis pygmaea
| |
pyramidal orchid
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Anacamptis
pyramidalis
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Pyrenean lousewort
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Pedicularis
pyrenaica
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Pyrenean oak
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Quercus
pyrenaica
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Pyrenean snakeshead
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Fritillaria
pyrenaica
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Pyrenean squill
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Scilla lilio-hyacinthus
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Pyrenean vetch
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Vicia
pyrenaica
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rampion bellflower
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Campanula
rapunculus
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rock cinquefoil
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Potentilla
rupestris
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rock soapwort
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Saponaria
ocymoides
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round-headed leek
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Allium
sphaerocephalon
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round-headed rampion
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Phyteuma
orbiculare
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round-leaved St John's-wort
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Hypericum
nummularium
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sawfly ophrys
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Ophrys
tenthredinifera
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sessile oak
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Quercus
petraea
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Sicilian orchid
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Dactylorhiza
markusii |
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small-leaved lime
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Tilia cordata
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snow gentian
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Gentiana
nivalis
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Solomon's-seal
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Polygonatum
multiflorum
| |
spiked rampion
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Phyteuma
spicatum
| |
spiked star-of-Bethlehem
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Ornithogalum
pyrenaicum
| |
spotted rock-rose
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Tuberaria
guttata
| |
spreading bellflower
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Campanula
patula
| |
spring gentian
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Gentiana verna
| |
spring pasque flower
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Pulsatilla
vernalis
| |
spring squill
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Scilla verna
| |
starry saxifrage
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Saxifraga
stellaris
| |
sticky flax
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Linum viscosum
| |
strawberry-tree
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Arbutus unedo
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Teesdale violet
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Viola
rupestris
| |
tongue orchid
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Serapias
lingua
| |
trumpet gentian
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Gentiana
acaulis |
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turpentine tree
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Pistacia
terebinthus
| |
vanilla orchid
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Nigritella
nigra
| |
water avens
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Geum rivale
| |
western holm oak
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Quercus ilex ssp. ballota |
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white asphodel
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Asphodelus
albus
| |
white false helleborine
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Veratrum album
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whorled lousewort
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Pedicularis
verticillata
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wild clary
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Salvia
verbenaca
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wild jasmine
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Jasminum
fruticans
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woodcock ophrys
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Ophrys scolopax
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wych elm
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Ulmus glabra
|
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yellow mountain saxifrage
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Saxifraga
aizoides
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Alpine Toadflax
Linaria alpina ssp. filicaulis
© Teresa Farino
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Great Yellow Gentian
Gentiana lutea
© Teresa Farino
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Large-flowered Butterwort
Pinguicula grandiflora
© Teresa Farino
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Natural history tours in the Picos de Europa:
A Feast of Flowers - botanical trips to the Picos de Europa
Spring Butterflies & Moths of the Picos de Europa
Natural History of the Picos de Europa & Páramos of Northern Castile
A Family Wildlife Holiday in the Picos de Europa
Autumn Moth Weekend in the Picos de Europa
Daily wildlife excursions in the Picos de Europa
Reports from past trips to the Picos de Europa:
Picos de Europa trip report 2013
Picos and Páramos trip report 2012
Picos de Europa trip report 2011
Picos de Europa trip report 2010
A Feast of Flowers in the Picos de Europa - 2009 trip report
Butterflies & moths of the Picos de Europa - 2008 trip report
Butterflies & moths of the Picos de Europa - 2006 trip report
Butterflies & moths of the Picos de Europa - 2005 trip report
BSBI Botanical Tour of the Picos de Europa - 2004 trip report
Related information:
Complete list of orchids for the Picos de Europa
Complete list of butterflies for the Picos de Europa
Read about Teresa Farino
Wildlife holidays and natural history tours in Spain & Portugal
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