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La Palma is on e of the westernmost islands in the Canaries, a Spanish archipelago situated about 60 miles off the Northwestern African coast. Its territory is under the influence of the trade winds, which turn the island into a wet place; somethind which is unusual for a place located so close to Africa. That is precisely the reason of\u00a0its privileged climate, very rarely under 20\u00baC all year round. With such a mild temperature, the island is a a real natural botanic garden, an spontaneous greenhouse thriving with an\u00a0 astounding variety of flora.<\/p>\n

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A natural botanic garden<\/strong><\/h3>\n

La Palma has got one of the richest and most interesting floras of the planet. The island shares many of its plant species with the rest of the Canaries, Azores, Madeira, the Savage Islands and Cape Verde (altogether, they form the Macaronesian region). But it also has over 80 endemic plants, which live nowhere else in the world.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Among the most characteristic plants of the island, we have to mention\u00a0tajinastes<\/em>\u00a0( viper\u2019s bugloss\u00a0\u2013 Echium ssp.\u00a0<\/em>),\u00a0cardones<\/em>(Cactus spurge\u00a0\u2013 Cistus symphytifolius\u00a0<\/em>),\u00a0tabaiba<\/em>\u00a0(spurges \u2013\u00a0Euphorbia ssp.\u00a0<\/em>), sorrels (\u00a0Rumex lunaria\u00a0<\/em>),\u00a0Vinagrera<\/em>\u00a0(kleinias \u2013\u00a0Kleinia neriifolia\u00a0<\/em>),verode (sorrels \u2013\u00a0Rumex lunaria<\/em>),\u00a0tedera<\/em>\u00a0(tar trefoils \u2013\u00a0Psoralea bituminosa\u00a0<\/em>),\u00a0drago<\/em>\u00a0(dragon trees \u2013Dracaena draco\u00a0<\/em>), brooms (\u00a0Teline ssp.\u00a0<\/em>),\u00a0tagasastes<\/em>\u00a0(\u00a0Chamaecytisus proliferus\u00a0<\/em>), St. John\u2019s worts (\u00a0Hypericum canariense<\/em>), faros (\u00a0Gonospermum canariense\u00a0<\/em>),\u00a0bejeques<\/em>\u00a0( la Palma houseleek\u00a0\u2013 Aeonium ssp.\u00a0<\/em>) and La Palma violets (\u00a0Viola palmensis\u00a0<\/em>). Furthermore, it harbours several subspecies of somewhat more common plants and trees: daisies, statices, madrones, savin junipers and ferns.<\/p>\n

We have to make special mention of the important\u00a0laurisilvae remainings<\/em>\u00a0we can find on the island. They belong to an anciert type of forest which was extinguished in the rest of Europe some years ago. There is an outstanding representation in the municipalities of the Northeast (Garaf\u00eda, Barlovento, San Andr\u00e9s y Sauces y Puntallana). Wax-mirtles (Myrica faya), heathers (Erica arborea<\/em>), laurels (Laurus azorica<\/em>), ebonies (Persea indica<\/em>), southern olives (Picconia excelsa<\/em>), greenhearts (Ocotea foetens<\/em>) o hollies (llex canariensis<\/em>) are some of the most distinctive trees in this ecological jewel.<\/p>\n

Around 1.500 metres above sea level, lies the kingdom of the majestic Canarian pinetree (Pinus canariensis<\/em>). Its main feature is its resintance against fire, thanks to its wood (known as\u00a0tea<\/em>\u00a0and rich in resin). It\u2019s not unusual to find some over 30 metres high and several centuries old.<\/p>\n

Above all them, over 2.000 metres, only a very reduced group of plants is able to endure the extreme mountain weather. Among them, are sticky brooms (Adenocarpus foliolosus<\/em>), cedars (Juniperus cedrus<\/em>), retamones (Teline beneohavensis<\/em>), wallflowers (Cheiranthus scoparius<\/em>) and La Palma violets (Viola palmensis<\/em>).<\/p>\n

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