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Holm oak and Portuguese oak groves of Torozos

Villalba de los Alcores, Montes Torozos, Valladolid

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Holm oak and Portuguese oak groves of Torozos

Nature · Villalba de los Alcores, Montes Torozos, Valladolid

Image of Villalba de los Alcores, not of the place itself.

Of the ancient forest that covered the moorland there survive patches of holm oak and Portuguese oak, the two species that define the woodland of Torozos. These stands still sustain a notable Mediterranean fauna and explain the place name of alcores, the gentle ridges of the moorland.

Photo: Lourdes Cardenal (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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