and this?

IL-PINE · Post by **IL-PINE** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 2:20 pm

Found in a rockpool at Wied il-Bassassa on 22/12/05.

jackpot · Post by **jackpot** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 4:45 pm

possibly very young Sedum caeruleulm

Post by **MWP admin** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 5:50 pm

Maybe encapsulated "Bass" - what could we except from il wied tal-Bass(assa). Did you take the took the photo around 4pm

I rely on Jackpot advice. At least Sedum for sure.

jackpot · Post by **jackpot** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 6:14 pm

Admin: What is Bass?
However, in addition, there is a lichen called Collema nigrescens (see arrows- sorry Pine that I copied your pic- after the markings a have deleted it), which is very characteristic in the rockpools of the garigue .

IL-PINE · Post by **IL-PINE** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:18 pm

Thanks!
Today I went on a tour to try to visit 4 of the valleys of the south. I started with Wied Znuber just in the Hal Far Estate. Quite a nice valley, easy to descend and if you descend it totally you finish by the sea. I found nothing great except some Palaeocyanus crassfolia plants.

Then I decided to visit Wied Moqbol, but I got lost! Alas I did not find the valley!

Then I went to Wied Hallellin! And quite a good name for it. The shooters have built a small wall and thus you cannot descend in the valley! You have to turn around the slopes and it is full of dens of shooters! When I tried to descend I got shouted at by a couple of colourful characters and I decided to leave the valley at once....

Next I descended Wied il-Bassassa under Bubaqra in Zurrieq. Quite a small valley, with some small jumps. A burnt car is visible in th middle of the valley but alas it is quite a nice valley. I found those plants but otherwise nothing much interesting!

Well, next time I'll try to visit the Birzebbugia valleys.

wolf · Post by **wolf** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 5:41 pm

good reconnoitering pine - wied znuber is rather varied in spring and there are a variety of orchids as well as some coast radwort - i was also given a jint earlier this year of maltese toadflax there and i searched high and low - unsuccessfully alas.
moqbol is tricky - the only way in i know is through the storm run-off in the road 0 not a very pretty way in ...valley bottom was mostly inaccessible but sedum album reputedly grows there only
there are also megalithic remains but not easy to find.
I am not too familiar with the other valleys and i have not been there for a long time now

wolf

IL-PINE · Post by **IL-PINE** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 10:38 pm

I will try to descend the valley next time round, if I find my way in!

Edwin Lanfranco · Post by **Edwin Lanfranco** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 7:56 pm

The stuff accompanying the sedum is a species of Nostoc (possibly N. commune) which is a cyanobacterium (=blue-green alga) which forms large gelatinous colonies. Some say it edible but i have not yet tried it out.

jackpot · Post by **jackpot** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 12:32 am

Edwin, I think that Nostoc is only the partner of this lichen called Collema nigrescens?