This document summarizes the flora and fauna found in the Natural Park of the Acorns in Algeciras, Spain. It describes several types of plants found there including daisies, ferns, roses, silk flowers, creeks, mushrooms, olives, and broomrape. It also lists some of the animals in the park including common frogs, snails, mantises, dragonflies, butterflies, centipedes, moths, orchids, and sea anemones. The park provides a habitat for this diverse set of local wildlife and is a place for nature-related activities.

1. Flora and
fauna
of Algeciras
Marta Herola , Natalia Barberán y Marina García 2ºA

2. The Natural Park of the Acorns
The Natural Park of the Acorns as it passes through the town
of Algeciras, is the ideal place for nature-
related activities. There are several routes to make and are the
perfect excuse to see the heart of the enclave.

3. ¡FLORA !
Flora:Is the set of plant species can be found in a geographic
region that are characteristic of a geological period or living in a
particular ecosystem.
There are several types of flowers:
Daisy :The daisy is a perennial that blooms almost all year round
and can reach 70 to 90 cm in height. It has long leaves and
medium green and grow to form large clumps coming. Its flowers
are large, with white petals and yellow center.
Fern :The Ferns are plant that do not flower and therefore do
not have seeds, but produce spores for propagation in the
bottom of some leaves.

4. Rose:Rose is formed by a known group of thorny bushes and
flowering senior representatives of the family Rosaceae. Rose
called the flower of the members of this genus and rose to the
plant.
Silk Flower :silk flower has many
petals of different colors, usually are orange
creek :are plants from South
Africa where they grow spontaneously in the swamps.The Creek
can reach five feet in height.

5. mushroom: Usually grow in the moisture that provides the shade
of the trees, but also in any wet environment and in low light.
Some species are edible and some are poisonous
olive :longevity, which can reach up to 15 m tall, with thick trunk
and broad crown
The blood of Christ:It is a species of flowering plant, is a
herbaceous species all her something fleshy green or red.

6. crenata broomrape :Plant 30-85 cm, has white colored petals,
blooms from April to May
¡ FAUNA !
The common frog is an amphibian anuran family Ranidae. Frog is
a medium to large, and may reach 11 cm in length in females, but
rarely exceed 8 cm. It has a green and brown color very
variable, with black spots, with a lighter green vertebral line
and without the characteristic temporary stain brown frogs.
The belly is grayish.

7. It is called conch shell to several medium-sized snails belonging
to several species.The real shells are marine gastropod mollusks
of the genus Strombus (Strombidae family), but the name is
applied to the shells of snails of other species that have both
ends pointed, ie with high turns and a remarkable siphonal
canal . . .
Mantis is a genus of insects of the family mantodeos Mantidae
including mantis, one of the most popular and frequent
mantodeos Europe. The mantis is an insect predator strong, but
not poisonous. The praying mantis can catch mice, butterflies,
zebra finches, frogs, coral snakes and other insects and animals
that live in swamps and ponds.

8. The anisópteros are known by the common name of dragonflies,
although this term is somewhat vague, often used also in a
broader sense to designate all odonatos.Son paleópteros, ie
insects can not fold their wings over the abdomen . They eat
mosquitoes and other small insects like flies, bees, butterflies
and moths.
Lepidoptera butterflies are an order of holometabolous insects
commonly known as butterflies, the best known are the
butterflies, but most species are nocturnal (moths, sphinxes,
peacocks, etc..) and go very unnoticed. Their larvae are called
caterpillars typically feed on vegetable matter, which can be
important pests in agriculture.

9. The scalopendra are an order of millipedes centipedes Chilopoda
which includes numerous species and other commonly known as
similar to those litobiomorfos ciempiés.
Zerynthia is a genus of moths of the family Papilionidae day,
subfamily Parnassiinae, typical of the western Palearctic
region.

10. Stick mantis It's kind hard to maintain, require much space,
especially in the last silent due to its large size, the recipient
must be a minimum of 25 cm high by 20cm wide and long, we
decorate with branches to be more comfortable and able to
climb. The container should be well ventilated, preferably on the
sides and drill as mesh lid.
Ophrys apifera var. apifera During the summer these orchids
are dormant underground tuber and a bulb, which serves as a
food reserve. In late summer-autumn develops a rosette of
leaves. Also a new tuber starts to grow and mature until the
following spring, the old tuber dies slowly. Next spring the
flower stalk begins to develop, and during flowering and the
leaves begin to wilt.

11. Tomato or sea anemones are normally maintained equine in
aquariums as substitutes for anemones, however there is a
kinship between the genders, to stay on fish species of the
genus Amphiprion.The anemones belong to the family of
actinides inside the class and type Anthozoo
Cnidarians.Although there is a tropical species is perfectly
adapted to the conditions of temperature and salinity .