Dehesa
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A dehesa is a multifunctional, agrosylvopastoral system and cultural landscape of southern and central Spain and southern Portugal; in Portugal, it is known as a montado. Its name comes from the Latin
A dehesa in Badajoz, southwest Spain
Dehesa in Extremadura, Spain
A dehesa in the Montes de Toledo
Cork (material)
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Cork is an impermeable buoyant material. It is the phellem layer of bark tissue which is harvested for commercial use primarily from Quercus suber, which is native to southwest Europe and northwest Af
Dehesa
…municipality). Used primarily for grazing, they produce a variety of products, including non-timber forest products such as wild game, mushrooms, honey, cork, and firewood. They are also used to raise the Spanish fighting bull and the source of jamón ibérico, the Iberian pig. The main tree component is oaks…
Untreated cork panel
Harvesting of cork from the forests of Algeria, 1930
Quercus suber (cork oak) bark, Portugal
Cork extraction near Aracena, Spain