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    Trees and birds in La Rioja

    Latin name Spanish name English name Where?


    Pinus unciata Pino negro de Mountain Pine In Sierra Cebollera
    montaña (high and cold
    areas)
    Pinus nigra Pino negral Black pine Lower areas
    (reforestation/
    pinares de
    repoblación)
    Pinus sylvestris Pino albar o rojo Scots pine
    Note: When you go up Piqueras, you can see the best examples of pine trees, and in
    Ortigosa and Villoslada.

    Latin name Spanish name English name Where?


    Quercus faginea Roble quejigo Portuguese oak (smaller leaf) In la
    Rioja, in sun areas
    (zonas de solana)
    Quercus Roble quejigo Mediterranean Not typical in La
    canariensis oak Rioja, only in Leza
    valley, dry areas.
    Quercus ilex encina Holm oak
    Quercus pyrenaica Rebollo, melojo Pyrenean oak

    Latin name Spanish name English name What? Where?


    Castanea sativa castaño Sweet chestnut, In Ribabellosa (near
    Spanish chestnut Torrecilla)
    Aesculus Castaño de Indias Horse chestnut
    hippocastanum
    Illex aquifolium Acebo Holly Valgañón
    Taxus baccata Tejo Yew (conífera) Sierra
    (note: it is toxic, Cantabria, Anguiano,
    poisonous) and going up Urbión.
    Tilia platyphyllos Tilo Large-leaved lime,
    broad-leaved lime
    Fraxinus Fresno de hoja Narrow-leaved ash Riverside of rivers,
    angustifolia pequeña above all in the
    Najerilla
    Fraxinus excelsior Fresno común (de Common ash, Ash
    hoja grande)
    Populus alba Álamo blanco White poplar In La Grajera
    Populus nigra chopo Black poplar Riverside of rivers
    Alnus glutinosa Aliso Common Alder Riverside of rivers
    Fagus sylvatica haya Beech
    Ulmus minor Olmo Smooth-leaved
    (campestris) elm
    Cupresus ciprés Italian cypress,
    sempervirens Funeral cypress
    Cistus ladanifer Jara, jara pringosa Gum cistus Bush (arbusto): white
    flowers
    Juniperus Enebro Common juniper
    communis

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    Juniperus sabina Sabina común savin
    (conífera parecida
    al ciprés)
    Juniperus phoenica Sabina negra Phoenician
    juniper
    Crataegus Espino albar Common
    monogyna (majuelo) hawthorn
    Prunus espinosa endrina Blackthorn, Sloe (Para pacharán)
    Erica arborea brezo Tree heath You can see it in
    Moncalvillo and
    going up towards Las
    viniegras.
    Erica scoparia brezo Green heather You can see it in
    Moncalvillo and
    going up towards Las
    Viniegras.
    Cedrus atlantica Cedro Atlas cedar Parque del Carmen,
    Espolón
    Cedrus deodara Cedro (de hoja más Deodar cedar Parque Chiribitas
    larga)
    Robinia Falsa acacia False acacia This is the only kind
    pseudacacia in La Rioja. Here
    there is neither wattle
    (mimosa) nor white
    sallow (acacia
    blanca)

    Platanus hybrida Plátano común, London plane (En parques)


    plátano de Londres

    BIRDS in LA RIOJA:

    - Alimoche: Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)


    - Buitre leonado o buitre común: Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus)
    - Buitre negro: Black vulture
    - Azor: Goshawk (Accipiter gentiles)
    - Gavilán: Sparrow hawk (Accipiter nisus)
    - Halcón (peregrino): Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
    - Cernícalo vulgar: Kestrel (Falco finunculus)
    - Águila real: Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
    - Águila perdicera: Bonelli’s eagle (Hieraetus fasciatus)
    - Aguilucho pálido: Hen harrier (Circus cynaneus)
    - Aguilucho lagunero: Marsh harrier (Circus aeroginosus)
    - Aguilucho cenizo: Montagu’s harrier (Circus pygargus)
    - Perdiz común o roja: Red-legged partridge
    - Perdiz pardilla: partridge
    - Búho real: eagle owl. Búho chico: long-eared owl
    - Mirlo: Blackbird
    - Urraca: magpie
    - Abubilla: Hoopoe
    - Jilguero: Goldfinch

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