Samos botany field trip 2025
Last week, we took 21 students to the Greek island of Samos to explore the island's fascinating flora and diverse ecosystems. Despite unusually cool temperatures, the week-long excursion offered once again impressive insights – from coastal vegetation to the alpine flora of the Kerkis Massif. During the final days of the excursion, the students deepened their knowledge in small experiments and explorations on topics such anatomical and morphological adaptations and adjustments, desiccation- and frost tolerance, as well as fire ecology. The excursion was an educational exchange between theory and practice, giving the participants a closer look at the Mediterranean ecosystem.