2011-03-13 Vienna XIII. district (Lainzer Tiergarten - beech/hornbeam/oak-forest, 245 m AMSL).In an 'ordinary' forest you would see plenty of undergrowth here; however, this is Lainzer Tiergarten 'wild boar park', populated so densely with them that hardly any undergrowth has a chance to survive.Daphne laureola does, possibly due to the fact that it is poisonous (I don't know whether it's also poisonous to wild boar). However, in surrounding forests this species is much more common and frequent than in Lainzer Tiergarten: obviously it suffers still from the activity of those animals.German name: Lorbeer-Seidelbast
2010.03.19 Austria, Lower Austria, district Mdling, 430 m AMSL, mixed forest (mainly beech and black pine, Wienerwald).Habitat of A. ursinum: even the young shoots couldn't possibly be mistaken for anything else; when they're grown fully they'll cover the whole ground there with their leaves.D. laureola not uncommon in Wienerwald but else rare, A. ursinum very common.German name: Brlauch; Lorbeer-SeidelbastID: Fischer, Exkursionsflora 3rd