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Dragon Trees Trail

Dragon Trees Trail

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Dragon Trees Trail

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Location: Garafía, Isla De La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain

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Sofía_Ibáñez

November 16, 2022

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The dragon tree is one of the typical trees of the Canarian vegetation. Its name comes from the word "dragon", it is supposed because of the resemblance of the trunk of the oldest specimens with a large reptile. Its growth is very slow, which shows the antiquity of the dragon trees found on this path.

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RyAn

January 12, 2020

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There are many dragon trees in this section, 45 to 75 years old.

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Rainer & Petra

May 3, 2024

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The dragon trees have neither a woody trunk nor annual rings, so their age is difficult to determine. One method of determining age is that the branches only branch out every 15 years. The oldest specimens are now estimated to be 600-800 years old.
The Dragos were sacred to the native Canarians. They called the resin, which turns red when it comes into contact with air, dragon's blood.

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