2010-11-01 Burgenland, district Neusiedl/See (Leitha terraces, ~160 m AMSL).Field of ripe maize = corn = Austrian German Kukuruz = German Mais.It is planted in Austrian lowlands for corn, in higher lying regions (say, 400+ metres) however also as green fodder.
2011-10-08 Lower Austria, district Hollabrunn - Jetzelsdorf (field 220 msm, hill 270 msm; Quadrant 7262/3).A field of maize/corn, with a vineyard in the background: one typical landscape scenery of so-called Austrian Weinviertel ('wine district', for the wine cultivated there).This (that is, the vineyard) is also the habitat of a plant which is very rare here in Austria - Bassia prostrata; the plant as such is common enough in Eastern Europe and Asia but rare in Central Europe - and the Austrian population is the westernmost one.For Bassia prostrata see also photos of the plant linked below.See also the magisterial thesis of Peter Biskup (2008): Untersuchungen zur Biologie und kologie der stark gefhrdeten Halbstrauch-Radmelde (Bassia prostrata) in sterreich als Beitrag zur Entwicklung von Schutzmassnahmen, Universitt Wien
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Category hierarchy: ResearchDescription: Two ears of "genetic corn" with distinctive genetic traits.Capture device: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTiCapture details: Cannon zoom EF 75-300 mm