Daphne laureola (4811' N 1614' E)

Description:

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