Forêt laurifère / Fog forest à Parc National de Garajonay à La Gomera / Espagne - Photos

The Laurisilva (also Latin, Laurissilva), German Lorbeerwald, is common in the Spanish Canary Islands La Gomera, La Palma, Gran Canaria, El Hierro and Tenerife and in the Portuguese islands of Madeira and Azores. Laurisilva in Garajonay National Park in La Gomera. The Garajonay National Park on La Gomera (the largest contiguous laurel forest in Europe) and the Laurisilva of Madeira Lorraine are UNESCO World Heritage sites. The Garajonay National Park provides the best example of Canarian laurisilva, a humid subtropical forest that in the Tertiary covered almost all of Southern Europe. It is also found on the Azores and the Madeira Islands. Laurus azorica, known as Azores laurel, or by the Portuguese names louro, loureiro, louro-da-terra, and louro-de-cheiro, can be found in the park, as well as Laurus novocanariensis, known as Canary laurel. Garajonay National Park is located in the center and north of the island of La Gomera, one of the Canary Islands (Spain). It was declared a national park in 1981 and a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.