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El Bovalar de Sant Jordi

Sant Jordi, El Baix Maestrat, Castellón

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El Bovalar de Sant Jordi

Nature · Sant Jordi, El Baix Maestrat, Castellón

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El Bovalar de Sant Jordi is a white pine forest in the municipality of Sant Jordi, in the Baix Maestrat, declared a Paratge Natural Municipal in 2006. With 27.38 hectares, it forms a residual forest landscape amid the surrounding dryland crops, just over a kilometre from the population centre, which gives it value as a recreational space for local residents, from where panoramic views of the dels Ports mountains and the Tinença de Benifassà can be seen. The site preserves three old lime kilns, of ethnological interest. The trail that runs through it also takes in a sinkhole and wrought-iron sculptures. The vegetation combines scrubland of mastic, kermes oak, rosemary and heather with a reforested pine wood, and it is home to protected fauna such as the ocellated lizard, the jay and the weasel.

Photo: Columbusalbus (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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