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Os Eucaliptos e as Aves da Quinta de São Francisco

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As olai<strong>as</strong> em flor criam uma mancha rosa junto à c<strong>as</strong>a <strong>da</strong> <strong>Quinta</strong>.<br />

The flowering Jud<strong>as</strong> trees create a pink coat next to the <strong>Quinta</strong>’s house.<br />

As outr<strong>as</strong> árvores <strong>da</strong> <strong>Quinta</strong><br />

Descendo, um pouco <strong>de</strong>pois do edifício <strong>da</strong> <strong>Quinta</strong><br />

e d<strong>as</strong> instalações do RAIZ, surge uma primeira<br />

mancha <strong>de</strong> mata frondosa. Misturam-se os<br />

vários tipos <strong>de</strong> árvores: carvalhos com <strong>as</strong> folh<strong>as</strong><br />

ain<strong>da</strong> fresc<strong>as</strong> <strong>da</strong> Primavera, cedros, ciprestes, os<br />

sempre presentes eucaliptos e outra vegetação<br />

arbustiva. Pelo meio, misturam-se algum<strong>as</strong><br />

caméli<strong>as</strong> em plena floração. Seguindo pela<br />

direita, ao fim <strong>da</strong> <strong>de</strong>sci<strong>da</strong>, no meio <strong>de</strong> outr<strong>as</strong><br />

árvores, uma sequóia ergue-se majestosa a<br />

<strong>de</strong>zen<strong>as</strong> <strong>de</strong> metros do chão. Tratando-se <strong>de</strong> uma<br />

espécie que po<strong>de</strong> viver por milhares <strong>de</strong> anos,<br />

este é um exemplar jovem, com cerca <strong>de</strong> um<br />

século <strong>de</strong> história para contar.<br />

The other trees in the <strong>Quinta</strong><br />

a quinta e a natureza<br />

the quinta and nature 93<br />

Walking down p<strong>as</strong>t the house and the<br />

installations of RAIZ, we come up to the first area<br />

of frondose woods. Here, we find a mix of trees,<br />

which inclu<strong>de</strong>s oaks with their fresh spring<br />

leaves, ce<strong>da</strong>rs, cypresses, the omnipresent<br />

eucalyptus and other shrubs. Permeating this<br />

area are various camelli<strong>as</strong> in full bloom.<br />

Continuing on to the right and at the end of the<br />

<strong>de</strong>scent, there is a majestic sequoia, rising a few<br />

dozen metres up from the ground amongst other<br />

trees. As this species is able to live for thousands<br />

of years, it is quite a young specimen, given that it<br />

only h<strong>as</strong> a century-old story to be told.

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