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Do you want to go for a day out, but don´t know where? The Serralves Park is one of the biggest biodiversity in Porto! The Flora has 230 species cataloged by now, among them, native and exotic ones.
The native flora are a part of the species that can be appreciated throughout the portuguese territory as the chestnut, the cork oak, the hazel and many others.

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Among the autochthonous species in danger of extinction that can be found in the park, there is the yew, also known as taxus baccata l. The tree has a thick trunk, an orange-reddish bark and shows differences in male and female specimens. It originates from Europe, East Asia and North Africa. Its natural habitat is woods in mountainous and steep regions.

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Other representative species of the Portuguese flora that can be observed are the pine tree and the meek pine. Pine tree, also known as maritime pine or the landes, are cylindrical trees, with height of 30 to 40 meters with maturation of the pine nut fruit in late summer. It originates from Europe (mediterranean region) and Asia. The meek pine, also known as pine-parasol, has a well developed root, and can reach up to 30 meters in height.

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But if your goal is to meet exotic species, this is also the right place! Can be found, for example, himalayan cedar and lebanon, giant sequoias, asian castenheiros and, of course, the famous camellias of japanese origin, which have become a symbol of Porto.

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Besides knowing the flora by visiting the park, all 230 species are cataloged and divided by their taxonomy, biological characteristics, types of fruit and much more in the site of the Serralves park .If you want to go deeper on the research, the fauna was also listed on the same platform, a project carried out by the University of Aveiro in partnership with CIBIO-InBIO.