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Costa Blanca : Top 10 Trees, Plants and Wildlife

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1. Holm Oak

With its dark, waxy leaves this evergreen is common across the Iberian Peninsula.
2. Spanish Broom

This hardy evergreen is a beautiful sight in spring, when its glorious yellow blooms carpet the countryside.
3. Valencian Rock Violet

This pretty, purple, cliff-dwelling flower thrives in damp, salty conditions.
4. Fruit Trees

The orchards of the Costa Blanca produce almonds, citrus fruit and cherries.
5. Wild Herbs

Rosemary, thyme and lavender scent the scrubby slopes, particularly around the Montgó Natural Park.
6. Gulls

Many species of gull breed along the Costa Blanca, including the endangered Audouin’s gull, with its trademark red bill and dark feet.
7. Birds of Prey

Eagles, hawks and vultures wheel silently above the more remote sierras of the northern Costa Blanca.
8. Flamingoes

During the summer months, flamingoes come to breed on the salt lakes at Torrevieja and the Mar Menor.
9. Ibex

This nimble mountain goat once faced extinction, but is now flourishing in the sierras of the northern Costa Blanca and parts of Murcia.
10. Wild Boar

These tusked, shaggy-coated mammals are common in most of the forested inland regions of the Costa Blanca.