The Cepsa Foundation takes a further step in the dissemination and awareness of environmental matters through its collaboration in the itinerary of singular trees in the capital of Tenerife. A project launched by the Sustainable Santa Cruz Foundation, in which researchers from the University of La Laguna have also participated, which aims to value the richness and variety of species that the city has.
With this initiative, Cepsa Foundation advocates giving visibility to the urban plant heritage of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, which, as a result of its climate, hosts specimens from all continents.
The itinerary of unique trees includes a total of 34 totems, located in different parts of the city, 22 of which are already installed, through which the main characteristics of each tree are provided.
Much of this information is collected in the book Singular Trees of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in which biologists from the University of La Laguna Victoria Eugenia Martín Osorio, Wolfredo Wildpret de la Torre, José Manuel Correa Romero and Wolf-Hermann Wildpret participated. Martín, who has served as a cornerstone in shaping this initiative.
The totems, made of corten steel, offer the common and scientific denomination, the family to which they belong and their place of origin. This information is also printed in braille. Likewise, they have a QR code, through which the user accesses the information on said specific specimen existing in the book Singular Trees of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
In order to guarantee accessibility to said information for people with visual or hearing disabilities, it is expected that the possibility of having this information in audio format will be incorporated shortly. In this way, those interested will be able to hear the narration of the most outstanding data of each specimen by the biologist Wolfredo Wildpret.
In order to get to know the existing natural wealth in a broad way, the route of singular trees contemplates four different itineraries, through which the residents of Santa Cruz and the visitors of the city will be able to delve into its diversity and natural heritage. It must be remembered that Santa Cruz has more than 27,500 trees and 19,000 palm trees, among which those collected on the route stand out, due to their uniqueness in terms of age, origin, diameter or size.
four tours
One of the defined itineraries covers the surroundings of the La Granja and Viera y Clavijo parks. In the first case, it offers a wide variety of plants, with diverse specimens, ranging from the ombú, from South America, to gum arabic and the Australian red eucalyptus.
A situation similar to that of the Viera y Clavijo park, where you can enjoy the date palm, the tamarind, the African Kei apple bush or the American ceiba tree.
The second route connects the central García Sanabria park and the Rambla de Santa Cruz, where species such as the jacaranda, the rain tree or the Canary palm tree are found.
The city center and the area between the Plaza del Príncipe and San Francisco make up the third route. In this case, specimens are included such as the drunk stick from Castillo street, the Gabon tulip tree from Robayna street; the African baobab on El Pilar street, or the Asian Buddhist pine on Suárez Guerra. The tour is completed by the laurel of the Indies in the Plaza del Príncipe, the dragon tree in the Plaza del Chicharro and the fig tree in Bahía Moretón, in the Plaza de San Francisco.
The last itinerary covers the surroundings of the Guimerá Theater and the Church of La Concepción, highlighting the kaffir plum tree, in the Santo Domingo square, as well as the Australian pine, the dragon tree, the crest plant and the Indian laurel in the surroundings of church.
