The Botanical Society of France at Lautaret

Press release Scientific and technical culture, Research
July 10, 2007Villar-d'Arène - Lautaret Garden
Members of the Botanical Society of France
The 141st extraordinary session of the Botanical Society of France (SBF) took place at the Col du Lautaret in July 2007.

This gathering allowed the 75 participants to discover nearly 500 species in the following areas:

  • La Meije;
  • the Lautaret Pass;
  • the Bourget-Cervières marsh;
  • the Izoard Pass.

The supervisory team included staff from the Lautaret Garden (S. Aubert, Ph. Danton, R. Douzet, O. Manneville) and botanists from the Ecrins National Park (B. Nicollet) and the National Alpine Botanical Conservatory in Gap (L. Garraud).

These sessions provided an opportunity for many reunions and encounters. They allowed participants to discover the richness of the region's flora as well as all the activities offered by the Lautaret garden.

Previous sessions that visited the Lautaret region took place in August 1860 (special session in Grenoble, with four days dedicated to the Romanche Valley and the Lautaret/Galibier area), from July 23 to August 3, 1922 (Briançonnais session), in 1950 (Botanical Cup of the Alps, from Tyrol to France, passing through Lautaret) and in July 1954 (8th International Botanical Congress and centenary of the Botanical Society of France - "Mountaineering and Botany" excursion led by R. Ruffier-Lanche and J. Debelmas, passing through Lautaret).


Discovering alpine plants

Participants in Session 1:

ASTIÉ Christiane and Monique; AUBERT Serge; BEGEL Pierre; BIGOT Claude; BODIN Christophe; BONNAMY Renée; CHAMPAULT Françoise; CHARPIN André and Annie; DANTON Philippe; DELAIGUE Michel; DOUZET Rolland; DUCLOS Anne and Michel; DUMAS Christian; DUPONT Philippe; GARRAUD Luc; GELIOT Denise; GONNET Olivier and Danielle; GUILLEMIN Marie-Odile; GUITTONNEAU Guy-Georges; HARTMANN Claude; LAVAGNE André and Gilberte; LEVEUGLE Annie; LICHTLÉ Christiane; LIEUTIER François; LOUVERT Marie-Françoise; MANNEVILLE Olivier; MENES Joseph; ROYER Jean-Marie; SARAZIN Bruno; SYRE Thibaud; THIEBAULT Philippe; WATTEZ Roger

Participants in session 2:

ALLIER Michel; AUBERT Serge; AUDOUARD Simone; AUROUSSEAU Pierre; BERNARD Christiane; BESSAC Danielle; BLAISE Solange; BONNEL Alexis; BOURNAC Patrick; BRESOLES Pierre; CHAFFENET Corinne; CHARDON Suzanne; DANTON Philippe; DANTON Philippe; DEMEULANT Jeannine; DOUZET Rolland; DUPONT Frédéric; ESTIVAL Emilie; GIAZZI Jean-Paul; LE RUYET René; MAGNOULOUX Monique; MANNEVILLE Olivier; MELET Jean-Claude; MERAL Jean-Pierre; MOLLET Anne-Marie; MONTAGUT Gérard; NICOLLET Bernard; OLIVIER Annie; OSWALD Jean-Luc; PERDEREAU Simone; PITIOT Jean-Pierre; REGLI Patrick; RITTER Jean; SAGON Jean-Paul and Yvette; SCHNEBELEN Gérard and Madeleine; SORNICLE Rémy; SYRE Thibaud; WEISS Jean-Marie

Published on November 7, 2024
Updated on November 27, 2024