After the morning visit to Güímar, we tried to locate a trail just
south of Güímar, as this area has some botanical fame. We couldn't locate
the trail though, and the whole area is full of houses, making this an unattractive
site to look for plants and lichens. So in the end we drove quite
far south along the TF-28, to stop somewhere just north of Arico Viejo. The location
didn't look particularly promising either, but at least we could park the car in a safe
spot and there weren't any houses nearby. The thermophilous scrub vegetation in winter
time has several flowering plants and under them I looked for soil crusts. Due to recent
rain fall, there were even some green and fresh liverworts.
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