Deciduous Trees and Deciduous Forest

• Trees and shrubs that lose their leaves annually.

• They are associated with the “Maritime Climate”

• Typical Trees:– Beeches (hayas)– Oaks (robles)– Chestnut (castaño)– Lime (tilo)– Elm (olmo)

Beech (Haya) in the Natural Park of Somiedo

European Beech Forest

Beeches

Oaks

Chestnuts

Chestnuts

Lime

Elm

Eucalyptus

Mediterranean Forest

• We can find it in the “Mediterranean Climate”• It has “evergreen trees”, which don’t lose

their leaves in autumn. • The typical trees are:– Holm oak (encina)– Cork oak (alcornoque)– Pine (pino)

Holm oak Grove of Holm oaks (encinar)

Holm oak

Cork oak

Cork oak and Grove of Cork oaks

Pines

Pine