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Areas with a great sea influence, striking of  waves, wind, high salinity and because of this with poor soil for the growth of plants where only the specialised vegetation is able to grow. This way, the vegetation takes the shape of  a pillow so that it offers less resistance. This vegetation is influenced by colonies of gulls which enrich the soil with their excrements.

We distinguish several strips of vegetation depending on the proximity of the sea. In the lowest areas, the ones closest to the sea and influenced by its splashing, we can find the sea parsley, the marsh daisy, the sea fern and the nettle or the marine camomile.

In the next strip, above the previous one, we find grass where the splashed sea water from the waves causes high salinity. Here the marsh daisy, the silene mariana, the dactilo marino, meadow of soft grass, wild celery, marine marigold and caléndula parietaria grow.

On the top part of the cliff we have areas which are less influenced by the splashed sea water. There, more species appear, like the coastal brush, silene mariana, common heather, big daisy, dactilo marino, montpelier cistus, flax-leaved daphne and retama broom bushes.

  • Source: PNMTIAG