Barranco Oscuro Nature Reserve / Nature Parks and Reserves
The Barranco Oscuro Nature Reserve is located in the Doramas Rural Park. Barranco Oscuro was declared nature reserve due to the fact it consists of a particular vulnerable ecosystem: a laurel forest which shelters some 40 endemic species of plants and invertebrates. The reserve is also home to a pine forest (pinar, in Spanish).
- Name:
- Barranco Oscuro Nature Reserve
- Address:
- Doramas Rural Park, Moya and Valleseco, Gran Canaria, Spain
- Website:
- www.gobcan.es
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