Alpine Clubmoss Diphasiastrum alpinum is not in fact a moss but a primitive native plant in the lower vascular order, related to those found in the Carboniferous period 320 million years ago. It is usually found in uplands on moist acidic peaty moors and mountains, often in very exposed locations, except in the far north of Scotland where it thrives equally at sea level and on mountainsides.
Landscape photography is my focus (sic) since retiring from a university career researching and teaching plant and environmental science. Photography combines my lifelong love of Britain's wild places with an understanding (I hope!) of how our diverse environments work and the processes within them, as well as the way light falls on them. Seeing - really seeing - what is around us is hard, and the challenge for me is to find formalist images whose structure and atmosphere are consonant with the nature of the subject.
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