Alameda Holm Oak
Quercus ilex
Holm Oak Alameda Botanic Gardens
A mature holm oak shading the Dell within the Alameda gardens.
Story & Significance
The Dell is one of the Alameda's hidden corners, and this holm oak is its anchor. Cork and holm oaks were the backbone of the old Iberian dehesa woodlands; here, a single specimen preserves a memory of those lost forests within the city.
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