The forest also has a history
Names that are part of the mountain memory.
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Carvalhos and chestnut trees are part of the mountain vegetation described by the municipality. The same source counts the partial replacement of this vegetation by pine-bravo. Therefore, a wooded slope also keeps planting choices and changes in land use. Looking only at the green does not arrive: it is worth noticing the species, spots and spaces between trees. This municipal description is not a current survey of each forest.
The publication Forests do Alto Minho distinguishes soutos, oriented to the production of chestnut, candlesticks, for the production of sticks. They are uses of chestnut, not two species of tree. This regional comparison helps to ask questions about the landscape of Cabeceiras; it does not identify the function of a concrete portion of the municipality.
There is still a forest below the canopy. The sub-basket gathers plants that grow under the trees; dead wood can also sustain insects that feed on it and fungi. A forest landscape is not, therefore, limited to the number of living trunks. To observe it, look for different layers — canopy, low vegetation and fallen wood — without concluding that the species cited for another region are present in that area.
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The drawing of a sheet
Wolves, ribs and petiole are different clues in the description of an oak leaf.
A leaf drawn in waves →The inside of a hedgehog
It follows the relationship between the coating of the fruit and the chestnut we know at the table.
What is hidden in the hedgehog? →The scales of a pine cone
The scales of a pine cone help to find out how to lodge and release seeds.
A pine cone has small seed houses →A fruit with a wing
A winged structure changes the way we look at the fruit; there is local photography to compare.
A fruit with wing →Seeds and water
The alder connects seed dispersion to water and offers another flowering calendar.
Seeds that travel through water →
Source and context
Municipality — landscape and vegetation
High CIM Minho — High Forests Minho, sours and candlesticks (habitat 9260)
Accessed: . Editorial summary; the date of consultation is not the date of the facts.