rehollar
English translation: forest / stretch of Pyrenean oak
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peer agreement (net): +3forest / stretch of Pyrenean oak Explanation: Stage 1 here has been brilliantly performed by Taña: "rehollar" is a typo for "rebollar", no question. It's the only thing that makes sense, and it makes perfect sense. A "rebollar", according to the DRAE, is a "sitio poblado de rebollos", and rebollo is an "árbol de la familia de las Fagáceas". In fact the name "rebollo" is applied to two related members of the oak family, both native to Spain: Quercus pyrenaica, also known as melojo, and Quercus faginea, also known as quejigo or roble carrasqueño. The former is called Pyrenean oak in English and the latter Portuguese oak. http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_pyrenaica http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_pyrenaica http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_faginea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_faginea The problem here is that both these trees grow in the Guadarrama mountains. However, the Portuguese oak occurs in the western part; in the central northern part, where the Valle de Lozoya is situated, what you get is Pyrenean oaks. "Below the pine forests, the middle elevations are covered by groves of Pyrenean oak (Quercus pyrenaica), which sometimes encroach on the higher pine belt [...] The westernmost area of the mountain range shows a change in species distribution and variety, with a predominance of stone pine (Pinus pinea) in place of scots-pine, and Portuguese oak and Holm oak in place of Pyrenean oak" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_de_Guadarrama#Flora And there's plenty of confirmation that the rebollos in the Valle de Lozoya are Pyrenean oaks: "en el Valle de Lozoya podemos encontrarnos robledales de melojo o rebollo (Quercus pyrenaica)" http://www.saposyprincesas.com/actividad/madrid/aire-libre/r... "Por debajo de los pinares, el piso montano está cubierto por robledales de rebollo (Quercus pyrenaica L.)" http://www.vallelozoya.com/parquenacional.html "The slopes of Guadarrama mountain range are cloaked in dense forests of Scots Pine and Pyrenean oak. The Lozoya Valley supports a large black (monk) vulture colony" http://www.ifss2013.es/en/page.php?q=08fcc4092a9 Better "forest [or perhaps stretch] of Pyrenean oak" than "Pyrenean oak forest", I think; the latter makes it sound as though we're in the Pyrenees. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 hrs (2014-01-27 20:25:24 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I foolishly forgot to suggest the word that they use in the Wikipedia page on the Guadarrama mountains, which I quote above: "groves". So another possibility, perhaps the best, is: groves of Pyrenean oak |
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