Photogallery‚ WS - Vojtech Holubec

Welcome to the photogallery of my recent travels.

You can see pictures of plants and country - landscapes and plant environment. There are mainly pictures from Central Asia: S Kazakhstan and Xinjiang province, NW China. Pictures refer to 2 main mountains: Tian Shan and Kunlun including its transition to Karakoram. The climate is very continental and dry, because the mountais surround large Tarim basin/deserts. The flora is not very rich in species content, but it comprise many unusual endemics and area restricted spp.

The Sakhalin environment is just opposite: Far East climate
is affected by high rainfall from Pacific ocean. Lowland is often covered with tall-forb vegetation with pathses made by bears hunting salmons. Slopes are coverd by bamboo in the south or forests (Larix spp., Abies sachalinensis and mixed). Large bogs with Ledums and Chamaedaphne calyculata are common along the whole island. Low-herb flora is rather on rocky ground. The floristic composition is between
Kamchatka and Japan.

Tibet/Xizang was visited in 2010. Pictures are presented from SE part, between Lhasa and Rawu. While Lhasa area
is quite dry and continental, the area of Bome/Pomi and Galung La get a lot of rainfall along Brahmaputra River valley.
The Rawu area is a bit drier than NW Yunnan, hidden behind mountain ridge of Hengduan Shan from prevailing monsoon from SE.

Corrected seedlist version temporarily available here: http://holubec.wbs.cz/list/wseed11_12v2.doc

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