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runs in its highest stretch of its course. There are numerous natural pools and swimming pools along its course through the valley. Near these pools there are recreational areas with picnic areas and parking, such as "Los
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In these mountains, there is a wide diversity of natural habitats, ranging from the oak groves at the bottom of the valley to the grasslands on the summits, passing through the pine forests that occupy most of the territory, the rocky outcrops, the peat bogs, the banks of rivers and streams, the
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is about 120 years. The traditional way of exploiting these forests is to thin the pine forests. In the clearings opened by the cutting of the adult pines, the light index rises, which facilitates the germination of the pine nuts and, thus, a new generation of pines. Over time, the mass of adult
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All the obtained wood must pass quality controls, to be later commercialized with the exclusive seal of "Maderas de Valsaín" ("Valsain Wood"). The Real Aserrío de Valsaín has recently been declared an
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is the most widespread plant formation in the valley. It occupies from 1200 meters to 2000 meters above forest level. At altitudes below 1400 meters it occasionally presents an undergrowth of
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Valsain pine forest contain the largest number of protection figures that a natural area in Spain can contemplate, since 3,326 hectares of them belong to the
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Logging in the forests of
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The complete catalog of the vascular flora of
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