THE STORIES THESE RINGS COULD TELL
The rings of a trunk
Audioguide
Nature provides us with all sorts of clues that can be extremely useful when interpreted correctly.
A little to the right here, we found the trunk of a Devesa pine tree that died in a fire in 2005. Its concentric circles allowed us to date events in Devesa and provided us with data on the prevailing conditions during the region’s development.
The thicker rings indicate favorable living conditions at the time, while the narrower rings reveal a more adverse environment due to things like droughts, pests, frost, fires, and diseases...
Did you know that analyzing the rings in the trunks of the oldest Spanish trees has allowed us to determine what the climate of the Peninsula was like many centuries ago? Did you know that these rings can educate us about our past?
A tree’s uneven growth indicates its orientation, with the thickest part receiving the most sunlight, thus pointing towards the south.
Look around you. The Gola del Pujol channel was constructed right here in 1953.