A centenary dragon tree The Orotava It has collapsed from the roots. On Thursday morning, the specimen collapsed, affecting the adjacent building and leaving 25 vehicles trapped in a parking lot in the area.
The municipality’s Heritage Councilor, David Benítez, explains that All affected properties are privately owned.including the plot where the dragon tree was located and adds that municipal technicians planned to visit the area this morning to analyze the state of the dragon tree.
“In a request received yesterday, the owner requested a report on the feasibility of the transfer of a centenary specimen of dragon tree,” summarizes Benítez, before pointing out that this request does not state the reason nor does it “refer any symptoms.”
In any case, a visit to the tree was scheduled from the local institution, “but the call was just received alerting them that it had fallen.” Regarding the causes, the Orotavense councilor explains that “it is difficult to know once it has already fallen, but it probably has to do with damage caused by the passage of time and perhaps affected by the rains of recent days.
Now, the damage from falling dragon tree The owners must cover them through the corresponding insurance, including the cost of removing the fallen specimen. “This procedure has already been authorized by the City Council,” says David Benítez.
The councilor adds that the event has also been managed with the Cabildo de Tenerife so that the biodiversity technicians can take charge of the specimen. “For now, some of the branches They will be taken to the nursery to try to carry out a genetic studyon the one hand, and seeing the possibilities of using them to transplant them, on the other,” adds the councilor of La Orotava, who insists that after the fall there is only material damage.
