Lanzarote: Encyclopedia II - Lanzarote - Flora and Fauna

Lanzarote - Flora and Fauna

Plants on the island includes 500 different kinds of which 17 are endemic and 180 are lichen. Lichens survive in the suitable areas like the rock and introduce its own weathering. These plants have adapted ways to the water, the same as succulent and are mostly founded on the island. Plants includes date palms Phoenix canariensis which are founded in damper areas of the north, Pino canariensis, ferns, wild olive trees (Olea europaea). The laurisilva trees were covered on the highest parts of Risco de Famara which are rarely founded today. After the winter rainfalls, the vegetation comes to a colorful bloom between February and March. The fauna of Lanzarote is monotonously more than the plant world except for bats and other types of mammals which arrived with humans to the island including the dromedary which used for agriculture, since it fits its environmental conditions on the island. Today, these animals are a tourist attraction. Lanzarote also has 35 types of fauna including birds, falcons, reptiles such as the type of lizard, the Gallotia antica which is in endemic state and the Remipedia can be found in the Jameos del Agua lagoon, this crab is found in the depth of the water of several thousand metres. The lagoon was created from a volcanic eruption into the cave and probably survives today.

The vineyards of La Geria is a protected area especially with its traditional methods of cultivation. The small stones are designed to protect the plants from the winds. The vineyards are part of the World Heritage Site as well as other sites on the island.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "Flora and Fauna", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki