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Nov 12, 2007 16:07
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Spanish term
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cascoja
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Este conjunto, que conforma un oasis en la aridez castellana, alberga un variado ecosistema formado por pinares carrasco (especie predominante en el sotobosque), cascojas, brezos, madroños, hierbas de las coyunturas, espliego, enebros, sabinas, tomillos, romeros y esparto
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| 4 +2 | kermes oak |
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| 3 | bushy (holm/evergreen) oaks/Kermes oaks |
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kermes oak
I have always known this specie as coscoja. Its scientific name is quercus coccifera, you will find it as kermes oak in google. There are also many photos
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bushy (holm/evergreen) oaks/Kermes oaks
Wikipedia says Kermes oak http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermes_oak
and having looked elsewhere, no grounds not to believe this, but based on having never come across the term in more than thirty years of travels and life among these trees, I'm not too keen!
http://www.arbolesornamentales.com/Quercuscoccifera.htm - great pic, which led to my first suggestion, based on the absence of ref here to encina, - perhaps the writer uses this word for encina or the local variation on it (of which there are many).
Now waiting to be lambasted for my lack of accuracy or attempts at it - but which term is going to be most useful to the tourist? Personally I'd go for "bushy evergreen oaks"
and having looked elsewhere, no grounds not to believe this, but based on having never come across the term in more than thirty years of travels and life among these trees, I'm not too keen!
http://www.arbolesornamentales.com/Quercuscoccifera.htm - great pic, which led to my first suggestion, based on the absence of ref here to encina, - perhaps the writer uses this word for encina or the local variation on it (of which there are many).
Now waiting to be lambasted for my lack of accuracy or attempts at it - but which term is going to be most useful to the tourist? Personally I'd go for "bushy evergreen oaks"
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