ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP, 27th April 2011

Today we visited the “Jardín Canario”, a botanical garden, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. There we got an insight in the high vegetation diversity and the different types of associations. These four types are the coastal vegetation (Euphorbia canariensis, Euphorbia balsamifera, Euphorbia aphylla), thermophile vegetation (Phoenix canariensis, Dracaena draco, Pistacia lenstiscus, Olea europaea, Rumex lunaria), laurisilva (Laurus azorica, Apollonias barbujana, Persea indica, Arbutus canariensis, Erica arborea, Myrica faya) and pine forest (with Pinus canariensis). Also introduced plant species, like Agave americana, Opuntia ficus barbarica, Opuntia dillenii and Nicotiana glauca, are exhibited at the botanical garden.