The flora of Fuerteventura reflects altitude, exposure, humidity and long adaptation to volcanic soils and island isolation.
Wide horizons, worn volcanoes and endless beaches on an island shaped by the trade winds. Vegetation makes humidity, wind, salinity, altitude and volcanic soils legible.
Among its main reference points are Historic Betancuria, Pastoral tradition, Open coasts, which connect landscape, memory and everyday life. Flora also preserves traces of traditional uses, cultivation and environmental change.
Key points
Tabaibal y matorrales xerofilos
La vegetacion dominante es el tabaibal dulce y el tarajal, con comunidades halofitas en los saladares costeros y retamas en los barrancos de mayor humedad.
Flora del jable
Las comunidades vegetales del jable incluyen plantas psammofitas especializadas en suelos arenosos como la oruga de mar y diversas compuestas endemicas.
Palmeral de Betancuria
El palmeral del interior, con Phoenix canariensis dispersas por los barrancos, es un elemento identitario del paisaje majorero historico conservado junto a la capital antigua.
Endemismos de la peninsula de Jandia
La peninsula de Jandia alberga endemismos botanicos exclusivos como el aulaga majorera, resultado del aislamiento geografico del extremo sur durante siglos.
Municipalities of Fuerteventura
See all →- AntiguaAntigua is a municipality of Fuerteventura, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- BetancuriaBetancuria is a municipality of Fuerteventura, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- La OlivaLa Oliva is a municipality of Fuerteventura, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- PájaraPájara is a municipality of Fuerteventura, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- Puerto del RosarioPuerto del Rosario is a municipality of Fuerteventura, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.
- TuinejeTuineje is a municipality of Fuerteventura, presented through settlement, landscape, local memory and its links with the rest of the island.