As orquídeas da Serra do Courel

Abstract

[GAL] As características edafoclimáticas da Serra do Courel fan destas montañas un lugar de particular interese para a observación de orquídeas de óptimo temperado, dentro das que se atopan especies de orixe tanto eurosiberiana como mediterránea. En total, téñense citado 22 taxa, algúns deles cunha moi escasa representación en Galicia, como Coeloglossum viride ou Orchis ustulata. Dentro desta riqueza orquidiológica merece especial mención Dactylorhizacantabrica, endemismo da Serra do Courel.[ENG] Its edaphoclimatic characteristics make Serra do Courel an especially interesting area for the observation of temperate terrestrial orchids from the Eurosiberian and the Mediterranean regions. A total of 22 species have been recorded, including some that are otherwise very rare in Galicia, such as Coeloglossum viride or Orchis ustulata. The narrow endemism Dactylorhiza cantabrica, growing only in Serra do Courel, is particularly interesting among the orchids of the region.