Cork oak grove

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We're passing through a sparse cork oak grove. Small trees and often with various bases. These outbreaks are the fruit of the recovery of a forest that has been burnt or cut down to make charcoal or firewood.  Also, it grows on top of fine, rocky, dry soil. Cork oaks are typical of this siliceous, sandy land with a mild climate and relatively rainy. When they coexist with holm oaks, cork oaks move to sunnier, drier spots whilst the holm oaks stay in the valleys and shady streams. The species that accompany the holm oaks are similar to those of the coastal holm oak groves but with variations where the forest has changed. For this reason, we mainly find heather, juniper, Spanish lavender, rosemary and rock-rose, amongst others.