Vaccinium myrtillus (4742' N 1615' E)

Description:

2011-11-20 Lower Austria, district Wiener Neustadt-Land - mixed forest (450 msm Quadrant 8263/4).Here on this place transition there's a transition from alkaline (not necessarily chalky) soil to acidic (silicate) soil: the place obviously is already acidic, as the blueberry indicates.See also remarks here, about the geology of the region.Species on display here:- Vaccinium myrtillus (only the occasional one, not dominating here)- Fagus sylvatica - leaves (fairly common)- Quercus petraea - leaves (relatively rare)- Pinus sylvestris - needles, twigs and cones (very common, obviously planted)- Oxalis acetosella (background; not yet common there)- some Hieracium (front-left; possibly Hieracium murorum)