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Os Eucaliptos e as Aves da Quinta de São Francisco

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a quinta e a natureza<br />

94 the quinta and nature<br />

Ao contrário <strong>da</strong> sequóia — seguramente<br />

planta<strong>da</strong> por Jaime <strong>de</strong> Magalhães Lima —<br />

espécies como o carvalho alvarinho (Quercus<br />

robur) e o buxo (Buxus sempervirens) são os<br />

testemunhos <strong>da</strong> mata primitiva que po<strong>de</strong>rá ter<br />

aqui existido antes do político aveirense ter<br />

avançado com a plantação do seu exótico<br />

arboreto <strong>de</strong> eucaliptos. Amb<strong>as</strong> <strong>as</strong> espécies<br />

são autóctones do território português, cuj<strong>as</strong><br />

florest<strong>as</strong> originais eram compost<strong>as</strong> por vári<strong>as</strong><br />

espécies <strong>de</strong> carvalho — incluindo a azinheira<br />

e o sobreiro — oliveira e ain<strong>da</strong> árvores como o<br />

buxo. Nessa floresta primordial, o Tejo marcava<br />

<strong>as</strong> fronteir<strong>as</strong>, a Norte do rio predominavam os<br />

carvalhos <strong>de</strong> folha caduca e a Sul os <strong>de</strong> folha<br />

permanente, c<strong>as</strong>o do sobreiro.<br />

Alguns dos exemplares <strong>de</strong> carvalho que<br />

encontramos na <strong>Quinta</strong>, muitos já centenários,<br />

estão cheios <strong>de</strong> bugalhos que, apesar <strong>da</strong> beleza<br />

aparente, não são mais do que a reacção <strong>da</strong><br />

árvore à pica<strong>da</strong> <strong>de</strong> um insecto par<strong>as</strong>ita. Por sua<br />

As opposed to the sequoia, surely planted by<br />

Jaime <strong>de</strong> Magalhães Lima — species like the<br />

English oak (Quercus Robur) and the common box<br />

(Buxus semperviriens) are the witnesses of the<br />

primitive forest which may have existed before<br />

the politician from Aveiro went ahead with the<br />

plantation of his exotic eucalyptus arboretum.<br />

Both species are natives of the Portuguese<br />

territory, whose original forests had various oak<br />

species, including the holm and cork oaks, olive<br />

trees and trees like the common box. In this<br />

primordial forest, the Tagus River <strong>de</strong>lineated the<br />

bor<strong>de</strong>rs, where <strong>de</strong>ciduous-leaved oaks<br />

predominated in the North and persistent-leaved<br />

oaks, like the cork oak, predominated<br />

in the South.<br />

Junto à linha <strong>de</strong> água, o bambu cria o pano <strong>de</strong> fundo para a sequóia.<br />

Along the water course, the bamboos serve <strong>as</strong> the background for the sequoia.

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