PUPIL'S WORK ABOUT TEJERA NEGRA

                             Hayedo de la Tejera Negra

What is a natural park?

A natural park is a natural area with special landscape features or biological in it, which is intended to ensure their protection. Parks are focused on protecting the flora and the fauna. Parks may be placed in the sea or in land, in the mountains or even in the desert.

Hayedo de la Tejera Negra

It was declared a  natural park in 1978, and it has a surface of 13,9 Km2 covering a total area of 1.641 hectares to an altitude of 2.046 m. Located in the Ayllon mountains, in the northwest corner of the province of Guadalajara, on the Sierra Riaza as part of the Central System Massif.

Fauna

In the nature of Tejera Negra there is a great diversity of animals:

-Amphibians as the frog.

-Birds such as the eagle or owl.

-Mammals such as the roe deer, the wild cat or the wild boar
-Reptiles such as the wall lizard which is the most common or the ocellated lizard which is in danger of extintion.

Flora

There is a very varied flora. It is a natural reserve of beech woods but there are many other trees such as oak, mountain ash, Scot pine, the pyrenean, the yew,  holly and birch. You can also see heather, creeping juniper and bearberry.

The climate

The most important aspect in addition to the high rainfall (1,000 mm per year) is the absence of summer drought. In summer foggy days and storms are usual and provide the necessary moisture to the environment. Summers are mild and cool. Snowy winters last between 2 and 3 months. Temperatures vary between 14 degrees below zero and 23 degrees.

Tours

In the park there are three marked routes:

• Oxcart Trail (6km), 
• The Oak Grove Trail (17km) 
• River bike path Brambles (17km).

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The yew

The yew is a poisonous tree which has a good wood to manufacture bowls and formerly yews were used to fight against the Romans. An infusion of yew was used to avoid suffering when men were crucified or beaten to death by the Romans. It was a very sweet death and let you sleep very easily.


The charcoal

The charcoal is done by placing sticks one on top of the other to make a sort of hunt. Then they  put mud over the sticks to let the fire breathe inside. 

David Romero

David Roncero