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Article: Sardinia corks.(cork oak forest )
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- Wines & Vines
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- August 1, 2001
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The cork oak Quercus suber L. is native to the western Mediterranean where it appears on the Iberian peninsula, the Tyrrhenic coast of the Italian peninsula, the coast of Southern France, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco and, finally, in Sardinia, Sicily and Corsica. Most of Italy's cork oak forest is in Sardinia.
If you drive any of the roads leading out of Tempio Pausania, the capital of the province of Gallura, you will be in the center of the most important cork oak forest on Sardinia. However, you will have to keep a sharp eye out to see many cork oaks. If you look for a neatly spaced planting of cork oaks, you will look in vain. But slow down a bit and you will ...