Flora
Trees, orchids and a catalogue of wildflowers
Trees
The trees
The longest-lived of living things
Scots and black pines, holm oaks, Portuguese oaks, hazels, elms and service trees. The commonest trees of the area, one by one.
Flowers
Wild orchids
Eight kinds on the terraces of l'Arribassada
Less showy than their tropical relatives, but more delicate and subtle. Some, like the Ophrys, are trap flowers that mimic bees.
Wildflowers
Catalogue from A to Z
Nearly seventy flowers photographed in the rambla, listed alphabetically by scientific name and grouped by family.
