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The cushion scrubland of the limestone plateau

Baraona, Almazán, Soria

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The cushion scrubland of the limestone plateau

Nature · Baraona, Almazán, Soria

Image of Baraona, not of the place itself.

On limestone and poor soils grow dry pastures and thorny formations of stunted bearing: hedgehog broom, savory and bolinas withstand frost and drought here, and it is precisely that low scrub that is the habitat the Dupont's lark requires.

Photo: Domènec Leal Martínez (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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