The purpose of my flickr photostream is - first and foremost - to show mainly flora (but also fauna) of Austria. However, photos shot outside Austria also are included, as well as some shots which do not relate directly*) to any living organisms.

*) No particular reason for that; it's just that I'm too lazy to keep more than one flickr account - so more precisely, reasons are purely personal.

 

I have created a group of my own about Austrian Fauna and Flora (which will only include photos actually taken in Austria); however, so far I am the only active member - and as I am not in the business of promoting groups, be it one of my own or any other one, this could remain so for some time. But if you're interested please feel free to join the group, and add photos of your own.

 

Geography tags as well as latitude/longitude indicate location; Latin species names are given where relevant.

 

Licence:

Part of my photos have a non-commercial creative commons licence, the rest has copyright reserved; please respect the licence conditions.

Even photos with a creative commons licence must not be used commercially; if you want to use any of my photos commercially then please ask for charges.

 

Abbreviations:

AMSL = above medium sea level; here only given in metres (m), no feet measures given at all

msm = metra supra mare = the same thing in Latin (and already including the measure of metre)

I decided to switch to msm measures in April 2011 which might be confusing, especially as I didn't change AMSL in the description 2.275 photos already uploaded before; I switched to msm because it is the abbreviation used by Austrian scientists, and as I never used feet it should be clear nevertheless.

Also, quadrants used for botanical mapping of Central Europe are given (quadrants are roughly squares in CE region), which are defined by 6° latitude (Breite) x 10° longitude (Länge), and which are sub-divided into 4 sub-quardants of 3° lat/5° long.

The Quadrant of Vienna, to give an example, is 7764 (48°12-48°18' N ~ 16°20'-16°30' E), sub-divided into 7764/1 (NW), 7764/2 (NE), 7764/3 (SW), 7764/4 (SE). The one north to that one is 7664 (48°18'-48°24' N ~ 16°20'-16°30' E), the one south to it 7864, the one west to it 7763 and the one east to it 7765 - you can work out quadrants all over Central Europe from there.

Of course, in higher northern latitudes those quadrants become increasingly narrower oblong, as they do if you go far into the south only that they become increasingly broader oblongs.

 

Sources:

 

People who either helped with IDs and/or are quoted (from what they've told me personally or what they've written somewhere on the web; quoted literature not included as in this case literature will be given):

Thomas Bardorf, mycologist; naturbeobachtung.at

Gerlinde Fischer, botanist; University of Vienna

Manfred A. Fischer, botanist; University of Vienna

Heinz Forstinger, mycologist, botanist; naturbeobachtung.at

Lauria Friedrich, botanist (conifers specialist)

Elisabeth Gruber, landscape architect, botanist

Georg Schramayr, pomologist (= botanist specialising on cultivated Rosaceae fruit species)

Christa Staudinger, ornithologist, botanist

Thank you all, and I hope I'm not guilty of quoting you incorrectly anywhere.

 

Aichele/Schwegler, Blütenpflanzen Mitteleuropas (2000):

Dietmar AICHELE, Heinz-Werner SCHWEGLER: Die Blütenpflanzen Mitteleuropas [Vascular plants of Central Europe] (5 volumes, 2nd edition 2000, reprint Stuttgart 2004)

 

Aichele/Schwegler, Unsere Gräser (1998):

Dietmar AICHELE, Heinz-Werner SCHWEGLER: Unsere Gräser. Süssgräser, Sauergräser, Binsen [Our grasses: Poaceae, Cyperaceae, Juncaceae] (Stuttgart 1998, 11th edition)

 

Baumann & al., Orchideen Europas (2006):

Helmut BAUMANN, Siegfried KÜNKELE, Richard LORENZ: Orchideen Europas. Mit angrenzenden Gebieten [Orchids of Europe, neighbouring regions included = Northern Africa, Near East, Caucasus] (Stuttgart 2006, 1st edition)

 

Bellmann, Insektenführer (2000)

Heiko BELLMANN: Der neue Kosmos Insektenführer [The new Kosmos insects guide] (Stuttgart, no year given - ca. 2000)

 

Bon, Pilze (1987):

Marcel BON: Pareys Buch der Pilze Parey's book of mushrooms (first published in English 1987; German 1988, reprint Stuttgart 2005)

 

Fischer & al., Exkursionsflora A/FL/SüdT (2008 3rd):

Manfred A. FISCHER, Karl OSWALD, Wolfgang ADLER: Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein, Südtirol [Field guide for Austria, Liechtenstein and Southern Tyrol] (Linz 2008, 3rd edition)

Vascular plants only - Tracheophyta; this is the source I rely on for most plant identifications.

The Botanik im Bild site is based on this scientific field guide, and the Verein zur Erforschung der Flora Österreichs also is building an online database - see Flora von Österreich for that, and the 'Wiki-Portal' (however, only open to scientists - so this is a scientific flora and not one made by amateurs and semi-professionals) Flora von Österreich.

A fourth edition is forthcoming (publishing date yet unknown), it will extend in areal from Austria, Liechtenstein, Südtirol to the entire Eastern Alpine region: so it will include Austria, Liechtenstein, Alpine Southern Germany, Eastern Alpine Switzerland, to Southern Tyrol (Südtirol) the entire Italian Eastern Alpine region will be added, and south it will extend to Slovenia (Alpine region, slightly overlapping into Illyrian zone as the borderline between both will depend on whether you use geological, botanical or climatical criteria).

Thus, for now, I still will rely on taxonomy of the 3rd edition - only where it is clearly outdated I will change plant names.

 

Gerhardt, Pilze (1985):

Ewald GERHARDT: Pilze [Mushrooms]: Band 1: Lamellenpilze, Täublinge, Milchlinge und andere Gruppen mit Lamellen; Band 2: Röhrlinge, Porlinge, Bauchpilze, Schlauchpilze und andere (2 volumes, München 1985, 1st edition)

 

Gokcezade & al., Hummeln A/D/CH (2010):

J. F. GOKCEZADE, B.-A. GEREBEN-KRENN, J. NEUMAYER, H. W. KRENN: Feldbestimmungsschlüssel für die Hummeln Österreichs, Deutschlands und der Schweiz [Field guide for the bumblebees of Austria, Germany and Switzerland] (Linzer biologische Beiträge 42/1, 2010: p. 5-42)

 

Klapp/Opitz: Gräser (2006):

Ernst KLAPP, Wilhelm OPITZ von Boberfeld: Taschenbuch der Gräser [Grasses pocket book] (Stuttgart 2006, 1st edition)

 

Krausch, Wasser- & Uferpflanzen (1996):

Heinz-Dieter KRAUSCH: Farbatlas Wasser- und Uferpflanzen [Illustrated atlas of aquatic and riparian plants] (Stuttgart 1996, 1st edition)

 

Uhlig, Kakteen (2006):

Matthias UHLIG: Der grosse GU Kompass: Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten [Cacti, and other succulant plants] (München 2006, 1st edition)

 

Weber, Gebüsche (2003):

Heinrich E. WEBER: Gebüsche, Hecken, Krautsäume. Bushes, hedges, and herbaceous edges Series: Ökosysteme Mitteleuropas aus geobotanischer Sicht Ecosystems of Centreal Europe from a geobotanical perspective (Stuttgart 2003, reprint 2008)

 

Wirth/Düll, Flechten & Moose (2000):

Volkmar WIRTH, Ruprecht DÜLL: Farbatlas Flechten und Moose [Illustrated atlas of lichen and mosses] (Stuttgart 2000, 1st edition)

 

Zellner, Schmetterlinge (2004):

Anita ZELLNER (ed.): GU Kompass: Schmetterlinge bestimmen leicht gemacht [Identifying butterflies easily done] (München 2004)

 

Online resources for taxonomy and synonymy:

zipcode zoo com - all kingdoms represented

IPNI - International Plant Name Index: plants only

index fungorum - only fungi

Botanische Spaziergänge (German) by Rolf Marschner: a great resource for species photos (plants only, region Austria only)

Wiener Kataster: Baumkataster = Adresse eingeben, links auswählen (zB "Baumkataster")/ insert address and select button (left hand side, e. g. "Baumkataster" = registered trees)

 

Some other useful links:

Sunrise/Sunset/Blue Hour (site of FotoClub Vogtland)

 

The numbers used for my albums follow Fischer, Exkursionsflora for plants, and else are arbitrary.

Coordinates given are given slightly incorrectly in some cases (e. g. rare species or endangered habitats).

 

Disclaimer: ID is solely in my responsibility; I excuse in advance for any inaccuracy I might have committed (of which there could indeed be quite some). Please notify whenever you detect, or even suspect an incorrect identification, and I will follow up on it.

 

All my species photos published on the www are linked to from my sokolindex blog which is kind of a map of my flickr photostream.

See also my sokolblog.

 

Finally, a PS about networking: I know, much on flickr is about so-called networking - commenting on each other's photos and such. You're welcome to do so with my photos but please accept my excuses for not taking part there. I am usually not browsing the flickr albums, and for this very simple reason I also will rarely comment on other user's photos.