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The juniper groves of the plateau above the Arlanza

Retuerta, Arlanza, Burgos

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The juniper groves of the plateau above the Arlanza

Nature · Retuerta, Arlanza, Burgos

Image of Retuerta, not of the place itself.

Above the valley extend limestone páramos covered with Spanish juniper, a relic tree of the Tertiary able to bear extreme cold and drought on soils where hardly any other tree species prospers.

Photo: Malopez 21 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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