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Mountain Avens


Mountain Avens
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Copyright: Jon Aust (Norte) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 33 W: 0 N: 45] (184)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-07-08
Categories: Flowers, Mountain
Camera: Nikon D 80, Nikkor AF Micro 60mm f/2.8 D
Exposure: f/14.0, 1/125 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-11-18 16:26
Viewed: 1782
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
A lot of these flowers, in Norwegian called Reinrose are growing in the mountains near Tromsø, this one at the mountain Fløya, around 500 m.

From Wikipedia:
"Dryas octopetala (common names include mountain avens, white dryas, and white dryad) is an arctic-alpine flowering plant in the family Rosaceae.
Dryas octopetala has a widespread occurrence throughout mountainous areas where it is generally restricted to limestone outcrops. These include the entire Arctic, as well as the mountains of Scandinavia, the Alps, Carpathian Mountains, Balkans, Caucasus and in isolated locations elsewhere. In Great Britain, it occurs in the Pennines (northern England), at two locations in Snowdonia (north Wales), and more widely in the Scottish Highlands; in Ireland it occurs on The Burren and a few other sites. In North America, it is found in Alaska most frequently on previously glaciated terrain and reaches as far south as Colorado in the Rocky Mountains. It is the official territorial flower of the Northwest Territories.
It grows in dry localities where snow melts early, on gravel and rocky barrens, forming a distinct heath community on calcareous soils."
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Mountain flowers can be overlooked...nice POv and good info...please upload more!!!!

Bonsoir Jon
Elles sont très belles, et ta photo est très réussie, car les sujets blancs au soleil, sont difficiles.
Bravo
J'ai visité la Norvège durant 15 jours en juin 1998, du sud au nord : Un Pays Merveilleux
Amicalement
Laurent

Hello Jon,
Fine details have been captured in this delicate little flowers!
The fine light gives attractive natural colours, noice framing of the group...
Greetings,
Pablo -

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