La Sierra de Irta; the Mediterranean coast from this corner of the world. He makes it his own, exclusively his, not only by wetting it day after day with its smell of salt, not only by dressing its coastal edges with cliffs, coves and marine reefs, but also by extending its domains to a habitat where it only exists plant species y fauna Mediterranean.
Typical flora of the Sierra de Irta
Trees, bushes, shrubs, flowers, birds, all; all living things in the Sierra de Irta they reflect the influence of the Mediterranean as if nothing else existed.
Where the sunshine hits, in the part that touches the coast, the palm hearts dominate the landscape. Small bushes, also known as Margallón or Palma Enana, which sporadically cover the bare shores of the Sierra.
These hearts of palm brush with their fans other native species such as the romero or the call Devil's carob. Rosemary greets the visitor with its intense aroma, that aroma that flavors Valencian paella and that is mixed, in the Sierra de Irta, with other delights that come from mastic, heather and sarsaparilla.
Other small varieties are pennyroyal and chamomile, lavender and rockrose, all marked by kermes oak, Miera juniper and black hawthorn, but also by endemic singularities typical of the Sierra whose maximum expression is reflected by the Irta geranium, a subspecies of geranium that with its cherry color and compact type has wanted to be born exclusively in this area.
Trail in the Sierra de Irta
They pass through this paradise on earth, in dangerous procession and weakening their guests the pines, the processionary caterpillars. But also other nice creatures reign in this singular space; butterflies of all types and sizes, the ocellated lizard or the long-tailed lizard and, above all, a large number of birds such as the Audouin Gull or the Bonelli's Eagle that find the ideal biotope for their survival there.
En absolutviajes.com we will continue to know the mysteries of the Serra d'Irta in the coming days.
Photo 1 and 2: via flickr