2. “I went to the woods because I wished to live
deliberately, address only the facts of life and
see if I could learn what she had to teach. I
wanted to live deep and discard anything
that is not life ... To not realize at the time of
his death, he had not lived.” David Thoreau
Henry
3. PINSAPO (Abies pinsapo Boiss)
The pinsapo is a hardy tree that can reach 30
meters. Has a conical bearing branches are
arranged horizontally. For register] he leaves
spirally on the twigs, the whole is cylindrical.
They bloom in spring. In September or October
the blunders, which are erect and cylindrical,
mature and dismantle spreading the seeds.
It is located on mountain slopes and summits
4. Pine (Pinus pinea L.)
Medium-sized tree. Adults have the
umbrella-shaped crown. Its bark is
composed of plates separated by cracks
reddish gray. It has well-developed
secondary roots to extract water from
deeper layers.
Juveniles have [as blue-green leaves
and those of adults show a light green
living. It blooms in spring, no pine
nuts ripen, it can maintain its
ability to germinate for several
years.
It is a long-lived tree, reaching up to
500 years to live
Prefers sandy soils, deep and rich. Lives in interior and coastal dunes,
supporting strong winds, including coastal salt impregnated. Does not
require a lot of rain, but requires full sun.
5. SOUTH OAK (Quercus rotundifolia Lam.)
The oak tree is more characteristic
of Spain. Cup is wide, rounded and
dense, with shallow roots that can
emit shoots. The leaves are
evergreen and almost round.
Usually flowers in spring and
spread the fruits in autumn. The
acorn is a long oval, with a very
short stalk and a dome, like a cap
that covers the base.
It has a fast growing and is one of
my long-lived trees, being able to
find individuals with 700-800
years. It presents a wide ecological amplitude. It
grows in all soil types especially
limestone, resistant to cold, heat and
drought, and is located to 1,400 meters
above sea level. Isolated individuals and
shrubs can reach up to 1,900 meters.
6. CAROB (Ceratonia siliqua L.)
Ceratonia The name refers to the shape of a
horn with fruits and siliqua is the name of
carob and other fruit is a pod.
The carob tree is a little high, generally
does not exceed six meters, gray bark, broad
crown and thick evergreen leaves and
compound. The fruit, carob is a legume
seeds elongated shiny and hard.
It flowers in autumn. The completion of
the seeds is difficult. It's kind of slow
growth and poor support transplantation.
It adapts to all soil types but prefers the
limestone. Supports well the drought but
not cold, so preferably installed in low
areas and sheltered.
Usually found as small stands or mixed
with other species, notably oak and cork
oak.
7. Wild Olive Tree (Olea europaea var. Sylvestris)
The wild olive tree is a dense rounded
crown, but usually present horn bush.
The branches are thorny ends and the
leaves are laceoladas and perennials.
Flowers in clusters, are white. The fruit,
the acebuchina, is a drupe ellipsoid,
slightly fleshy, blackish at maturity.
It blooms in May or June and the fruits
ripen in autumn and winter. It's a very
long-lived species.
The olive tree is thermophilic, resisting
drought and heat, but sensitive to frost
frequent and intense. It prefers rich soils
and basic and low-lying areas, although
in the Andalusian mountains bound
itself to 1,500 meters.
8. THE MIERA JUNIPER (Juniperus oxycedrus L.)
Although usually a shrub or small tree 3
to 5 meters, known copies of 20 m. It rnuy
branched and has a pointed crown. The
bark peels off in sheets or narrow strips
rnuy developed roots, allow them to fasten
even rocks. The leaves, which are
triverticiladas is Anqui have an almost
straight with the branches. Flowers at the
beginning of spring and the fruit ripens
the second year, which is abayas, globose
and red.
Need light, as is found in
mushrooms and sun-drenched
slopes of the mountains. It
develops on all soil types,
selecting the loose and rocky.
It is very resistant to cold and
drought.
9. Cork oak (Quercus suber L.)
The cork oak is an Achieves its optimum
evergreen tree and middle ecoi6gico siliceous soils,
class that highlights its loose and fresh, warm and
thick, spongy bark, cork, temperate climates,
made up of dead plant something wet and no
material. When uncorked, frost, tempered by the sea.
the trunk appears smooth Choose low elevation slopes
and reddish. The crown is sheltered from northerly
irregular or umbrella- winds.
shaped.
Flowering is continuous, Where compliance with
since April even fall. acorns these requirements as their
have annual maturation own forests, cork oak
in three stages, the first in forests, displacing the oak.
September, the second in But normally found
autumn and the third in dehesa.
late January.
10. MORA sabina (Juniperus phoenicea L.)
It is an evergreen shrub or small sapling,
up to 8 m. high. The crown is dense, very
similar to the cypress. The trunk may
appear twisted or bent by the wind and
years. the leaves are tiny and are closely
tied to the branches. Flowering occurs in
late winter or spring. Originate a fleshy
fruits globose, green at first and that after
maturing next year turn red.
It takes place in all soil types and
conditions. Usually in such inhospitable
places as coastal dunes, volcanic soil and
rock fissures. It can handle very dry
climates, frost and strong winds.
11. MELOJO (Quercus pyrenaica Willd.)
The horn is usually presented melojo a sapling, but can be a tree of medium
height and broad crown. Has highly developed the ability to sprout from the
roots surface. The leaves are deciduous and are split in 4 to 8 pairs of deep,
irregular lobes. Has its flowering in May or June, and acorns, bitter taste,
ripen in autumn, as the gall, also may have guts.
This oak is well adapted to continental climates, frost and drought enduring.
It is located mainly on the slopes and foothills siliceous, between 400 and 1,500
meters.
12. "Each generation takes the Earth as
trustees. We ought to bequeath to
posterity as many forests and orchards as
we have exhausted and consumed."
J. Sterling Morton
"The forest is a peculiar organism of
unlimited kindness and benevolence that
"Plant trees. They give us two of makes no demands for sustenance and
the most crucial elements for our extends generously the products of its life
survival: oxygen and books." and activity, and offers protection to all
A. Whitney Brown beings."
Buddhist Sutra
