Image Acacia (Acacia sp.), Coastal Path. DESCRIPTION Acacias or wattles are 3 to 5-metre-tall trees or shrubs, with flat or a bit cracked dark brown or ash-grey bark. Their leaves are narrow and flat (phyllodes), wider at the centre, and with a pointed ending or a leaf blade.... Plant Life > Trees, Bushes and Herbaceous Plants
Image Alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus) IDENTIFICATION It is a deciduous leafy bush, very branched which can reach a small tree height (up to 15 m high) in good conditions. Its bark is smooth and reddish when it is young and turns greyish with age. If the bark is... Plant Life > Trees, Bushes and Herbaceous Plants
Image Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis) IDENTIFICATION It is a tree (up to 20 m high) with a trunk commonly tortuous and the bark and branches of a greyish or whitish colour. The leaves, called needles, sprout in groups of two, they are very fine and elongated and do not... Plant Life > Trees, Bushes and Herbaceous Plants
Image Algerian oak (Quercus canariensis) IDENTIFICATION It is a strong deciduous tree (up to 30 high), with a wide canopy and a dark brown bark. The size of the leaves can vary a lot depending on the area, whereas its shape is quite constant. They are oval, with a... Plant Life > Trees, Bushes and Herbaceous Plants
Image Almond tree (Prunus dulcis) IDENTIFICATION It is a small tree (up to 10 m high), with a sinuous trunk and a greyish bark, which can be scaly in old specimens. In these trees, the bark also exhibits "lenticels" or dark grey spots. The leaves are... Plant Life > Trees, Bushes and Herbaceous Plants