The scenery in eastern Andorra under a midday sun is stark; bald, alpine grasslands within a panoramic, mountain landscape littered with all the ski-lifts and other paraphernalia to support winter sports tourism. The montane flora above El Pas de la Casa in mid-June is unaffected, diverse and different from the Ariege valleys to the north.
Tag: Alpine flora
Col d’Agnes
15th May 2022 On the route up to Port de Lers the road runs through dense woodlands to the open ground where waterfalls crash down by the road and woodland browns chase along the fringes of the beeches but never land in plain sight. In a flush by the road, a single De Prunner’s ringlet…
Col du Fajou
17 May 2022 The mountains above Col de Marmare are crossed by drovers’ paths which run through wide pastures. The grasslands are covered in elder-flowered orchids and gentians, woodlarks and tree pipits sing ceaselessly and the wall of sound is joyful. On the steeper slopes, juniper scrub is filled with territorial green hairstreaks that bound…