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Mark Billiau.


Premium (World), region Antwerp, Belgium

Bog Asphodel

I found a few exceptional plants while exploring the bogland. Here’s a first one.

Bog Asphodel with its star-like yellow flowers is a typical swamp plant, but has become rather rare nowadays, largely as a result of the widespread drainage of wet habitats and stands on the Red List of threatened species !

It was quite a job to photograph it in the middle of the swamp.
Location : nature reserve ‘Hohes Venn’ (Baraque Michel - Belgium)

Dutch name : Beenbreek
German name : Beinbrech (syn. Moorlilie)
Latin name : Narthecium ossifragum

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