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Spanish term or phrase:
brañas guarnecidas por acebales
English translation:
upland meadows dotted with holly thickets
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Yvonne Gallagher
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Spanish term
brañas guarnecidas por acebales
Spanish to English
Science
Environment & Ecology
Description of protected areas in Cantabria, Spain.
Constituyen rasgos de interés los robledales de las zonas más bajas y septentrionales, como Ucieda, Cieza y Poniente, los hayedos de Saja y Bárcena Mayor en las zonas altas y las **brañas guarnecidas por acebales** en las cumbres.
Thanks in advance.
Constituyen rasgos de interés los robledales de las zonas más bajas y septentrionales, como Ucieda, Cieza y Poniente, los hayedos de Saja y Bárcena Mayor en las zonas altas y las **brañas guarnecidas por acebales** en las cumbres.
Thanks in advance.
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Nov 11, 2011 14:10: Yvonne Gallagher Created KOG entry
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Ireland
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Ireland
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upland meadows dotted with holly thickets
think "upland" is needed to distinguish type of meadow or even "sub-alpine" meadow or heathland.
Wiki has "mountain praire": Brañas, or mountain prairies in the municipality of Arenas de Iguña. In the distance, the Picos de Europa can be seen. Tordías Peak is 968 metres high
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantabria
www.unioviedo.es/marioquevedo/.../2008_MJB_etal_JOrnitholog...
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by MJ Banuelos - 2008 - Cited by 8 - Related articles
indicate refuge habitats where Cantabrian capercaillie can still breed successfully. .... holly (Ilex aquifolium) and mountain ash (Sorbus aucu- paria), to name a few of the ..... upland meadows and subalpine moors (Menoni 1990). Differences in ...
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glad to help:-)
Wiki has "mountain praire": Brañas, or mountain prairies in the municipality of Arenas de Iguña. In the distance, the Picos de Europa can be seen. Tordías Peak is 968 metres high
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantabria
www.unioviedo.es/marioquevedo/.../2008_MJB_etal_JOrnitholog...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
by MJ Banuelos - 2008 - Cited by 8 - Related articles
indicate refuge habitats where Cantabrian capercaillie can still breed successfully. .... holly (Ilex aquifolium) and mountain ash (Sorbus aucu- paria), to name a few of the ..... upland meadows and subalpine moors (Menoni 1990). Differences in ...
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Note added at 1 day16 hrs (2011-11-11 14:10:32 GMT) Post-grading
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glad to help:-)
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Taña Dalglish
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Jamaica
Translating the Ideas Behind the Words
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meadows studded with holly thickets
bra·ña Feminine - Noun - Singular
meadow;
a·ce·bal Masculine - Noun - Singular
holly thicket;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thicket
http://thehighline.org/blog/2010/08/17/section-2-trees-arriv...
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Noni Gilbert Riley
: High meadows (DRAE:. f. Ast. y Cantb. Pasto o prado situado en los lugares altos de las montañas cantábricas.).
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Thank you so much Ace. Perhaps "high meadows" as you have suggested. Good idea. Un abrazo.
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Jenni Lukac (X)
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Thanks so much Jenni. Un abrazo.
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slothm
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Thank you slothm. Un abrazo.
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upland pastures...
Just another option for 'brañas'
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Ana Terzaghi
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Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
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upland grasslands protected by Holly trees canopy
Brañas refers to different kind of pastures where cattle grazes in the upslope of the area.
Acebales refers to Ilex aquifolium, in English called "Holly tree".
Acebales refers to Ilex aquifolium, in English called "Holly tree".
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