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Sierra de Aracena Nature Park (Andalucia, Spain)


 Sierra de Aracena Nature Park (Andalucia, Spain) National Park International

Sierra de Aracena Nature Park (Andalucia, Spain)

 
Description: Walk through the park and discover the excellent paths winding around chestnut and cork oak woods.

Newest Review: ... to the highest international social and environmental standards. The cork oak tree quercus suber is a deciduous tree the leaves lobed and it produces acorns. An individual oak grows 9=12 meters tall. It was interesting to see trees with bands of bark cut from all around the tree. We noticed many trees with bands of cork cut. We also saw trees with a small square cut in the bark , I guess ... more

 ... this was a tester area to check the thickness of the bark. In one are we saw rolls of the cork bark lying on the floor awaiting collection. Apparently the cork can be harvested like this every 9 years. It does not harm the tree and the tree regrows m...more

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Premium Review Sierra de Aracena Nature Park (Andalucia, Spain): Corking trees. (575 words)
by - written on 17/06/08 (Very useful, 124 readings)
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At Easter we holidayed in Andalucia inland not on the coast. We had a hired car and did drive a bit and we also went for walks. Andalusia's mountainous and some of the area still had snow in Early April. Where ever we were it was not far away from a cork oak tree .A lot of Andalucia has man managed cork oak forests. These forests were quite dense not much light getting through the canopy. These woods not as dark as pine forest though. There are a few clearings in the woods some spaces around trees and its here that most plants grow . The cork forests we went into seemed to be well managed and some have Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification, which ...  Read the complete review

 

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