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REINFFORCE - Arboretum - Vidanes
Municipality: Cistierna
Region: Castilla y León
Country: Spain
Website: http://sostenible.palencia.uva.es/gfs/proyectos/List/Competitivos/2/30/Detail.aspx
Partner in charge of the site: FGUVA
Responsible name: Julio Javier Diez Casero

Site characteristics

Altitude (m): 965
Topography: plane
Orientation: FLAT
Slope: 0.0
Hydrology: Plot next to the Esla River, to the upper irrigation channel of Payuelos, and the valley of Valdehontanos stream.
South containment: 0
Soil type: CAMBISOLS
Soil sub-type: dystric-eutric
Parent rock: conglomerate
Soil depth (cm): 60

Climate

Average temperature (°C): 9.0
Average precipitation (mm): 800
Number of frost days: 90
Reference period for climatic data:

History of the site

OWNER: Vidanes Neighborhood Board POTENTIAL VEGETATION: (Supramediterránea carpetano-ibéricaleonesa) Quercus pyrenaica, Quercus petraea and Pinus sylvestris (Source: Rivas Martinez, 1987). DESCRIPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT: Reforestation plantations with Pinus nigra and Pinus sylvestris. PREVIOUS MANAGEMENT AREA: Previously the area was used as pasture for livestock, and later became a heath. CURRENT STATUS OF THE LAND BEFORE PLANTING THE ARBORETUM: The plot was covered by scrubs composed of several species of heather and Erica Australis. Also there were some pines (Pinus sylvestris) from old stocking and isolated oaks (Quercus pyrenaica). SUSCEPTIBILITY TO PESTS AND DISEASES: There have been sporadic episodes of processionary (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) and other defoliators as Tortrix viridana.
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Provenances on site

Provenance N Provenance
Acer pseudoplatanus 6
Betula pendula 3
Calocedrus decurrens 3
Castanea sativa 3
Cedrus atlantica 4
Cedrus libani subsp. libani 3
Ceratonia siliqua 2
Cunninghamia lanceolata 1
Cupressus sempervirens 4
Eucalyptus globulus 1
Eucalyptus gundal 1
Eucalyptus nitens 4
Fagus sylvatica subsp. orientalis 3
Larix decidua 4
Liquidambar styraciflua 3
Pinus brutia 5
Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis 1
Pinus elliottii 2
Pinus nigra subsp. laricio 3
Pinus nigra subsp. salzmannii 4
Pinus pinaster 3
Pinus pinea 5
Pinus ponderosa 5
Pinus sylvestris 6
Pinus taeda 5
Pseudotsuga menziesii 9
Quercus ilex subsp. rotundifolia 6
Quercus petraea subsp. petraea 6
Quercus robur 3
Quercus rubra 2
Quercus shumardii 1
Quercus suber 3
Robinia pseudoacacia 6
Sequoia sempervirens 3
Thuja plicata 5