Monfragüe National Park is one of the most representative -and less changed- protected natural spaces of Mediterranean forest, as well as one of the last original ecosystems in Europe with 10.000 hectares of Mediterranean forest.

Close to the dam of Torrejón, on the steepest slopes, trees like dyer’s oak, cork and holm oaks, maple and ash trees, grow in the most humid areas. All they grow scattered in the middle of thickets as madroños, lentiscos, labiérnagos and brezos, creating a wild tangle well-known as Mediterranean forest and brushes, which are very typical of the Monfragüe National Park. Also there are two different vegetal associations depending on the solar exposure, shade and suntrap.

In the shady places the dyer’s oaks, cork oaks, ash and maple trees, and some holm oaks grow in their maximum exuberance, rounded by a bushy mass of madroñeras, cornicabras, brezos, labiérnagos, lentiscos, durillos and other Mediterranean species.

In the suntraps, we find holm oaks and olive trees among the tree species, and jaras, romeros, ahulagas, cantuesos, some brezos, lentiscares and madroñeras, among the shrub species.

Going deep into streams and gorges, we can find alders, ash trees, and other riparias species like alméz and tamujo.

In the areas where quartz rock comes to the surface, junipers, encinas cacuminales, claveles silvestres, dedaleras, briofitas and small ferns form the vegetation.

An Extremaduran endemism grows in the rocky steps and around. It is a pulse called “Cambrón”.

Looking at the shady places, we can observe “The Peonía” or “Rose of Alexandria”, an herbaceous specie of plant that blooms with big purple flowers, between April and May in the shade of cork oaks and dyer’s oaks. In addition, visitors can discover in Monfragüe almost half of the 40 orchid species present in Extremadura.

This vegetation contrasts with the extensive meadows around the Park, with a clear predominance of cork and holm oaks. Thousands of those trees surround Monfragüe Park, making possible the coexistence between men and Nature.

Next to this natural vegetation, the Park contains reforested zones with pine tree and eucalyptus.