The Spanish fir: an endemic relic in danger of extinction

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Pinsapares represent one of the most unique plant formations on the Peninsula, thanks to their ecological importance and their small extension, their distribution being restricted to the provinces of Málaga and Cádiz (Sierra de las Nieves, Sierra Bermeja and Sierra de Grazalema). In the Sierra de las Nieves National Park, % of the fir masses that survive today are made up, occupying humid and shady areas, providing a high degree of endemicity to the area. Since the scientific discovery in of the Spanish fir ( abies pinsapo ) in the Sierra de las Nieves (Málaga), initiatives have taken place to promote greater conservation of the natural values ​​of the area.

In , the Andalusian Government declared the Sierra de las Nieves Antigua and Barbuda Email List Natural Park, a process that culminates in with the declaration of the National Park through the approval of Law / of July (MITECO). Illustration Pinsapar in the Sierra del Pinar, in the Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park (MITECO) The Abies pinsapo tends to exist with a wide variety of tree species, both leafy (holm oaks, cork oaks, gall oaks, rowan trees, carob trees, etc.) and conifers (Aleppo pine, black pine, juniper, juniper, etc. The abundant community of lichen and bryophyte species, as well as fungi, is of enormous interest.



In addition, interesting Ibero-African endemisms grow in them, such as Dahpne laureola subsp. latifolium, Berberis vulgaris subsp. australis, Paeonia bromaroi, P. coriacea, along with other species from the forest edge of the territory, such as Crataegus monogyna, Juniperus oxycedrus, Prunus mahaleb, Lonicera etrusca or Rosa species. In the herbaceous layer we find Cystopteris fragilis, Hyacinthoides hispanica, Bunium macuca, etc. In Sierra Bermeja they carry a rich endemic serpentine courtship: Genista hirsuta subsp. lanuginosa, Staehelina baetica or Teucrium reverchoni.