With a glaucous densely pubescent underside

 The discipline of daily writing is sometimes stretched by the lack of things to easily look at.  I appreciate there are only so many 4 stars reviews you wish of little cafes and I can assure you there are no cafes… or museums…..or even swimming pools.  We have trees and so, I have found a website which lists the top 20 most common trees in Teruel.  I have hope for a species where someone thought this might be a need and set up to meet it.  https://www.picturethisai.com/region/tree/Spain-Aragon-Teruel.htm






Here is the list

  1. Iberian holm oak

  2. Corn plant

  3. Aleppo pine

  4. Oleander

  5. Austrian pine

  6. Olive

  7. Rubber tree

  8. Lemon

  9. Common fig

  10. Indian Laurel

  11. Scots Pine

  12. Common hawthorn

  13. Weeping fig

  14. Avocado

  15. Bay Laurel

  16. Mastic tree

  17. European nettle tree

  18. Black Poplar

  19. Strawberry tree

  20. Blackthorn




I will quote the Iberian holm oak in full, mostly as it is known as the pig oak, fodder oak and Bellot oak

‘Iberian holm oak

aka Pig oak, Fodder oak, Belloot oak, Barbary oak

Quercus rotundifolia is a medium to large tree usually 8–12 m (26–39 ft) in height but can reach up to 15 m (49 ft) with a large dense rounded canopy. It has small leathery dark-green leaves with a glaucous densely pubescent underside usually suborbicular to elliptical or lanceolate and are generally spiny to dentate on a younger tree. It has a semi-hemispheric cupule. It flower from winter to spring. Seedlings will start flowering at about 8 years old but they will not start producing acorns until 15 to 20 years old although trees in humid good quality soils can start its production as early as 10 years. The acorns ripen in autumn about 6 months after pollination. It is a very resilient tree that can survive temperatures below −20 °C (−4 °F) and can live in conditions with temperatures that on occasion reach 47 °C (117 °F) during summer months. As opposed to Quercus ilex its acorns have a very low level of bitter tannins and as a result are generally sweet and a good energy source for livestock.’

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