Encinar de Camparañón, Oak forest in Golmayo, Spain
Encinar de Camparañón is a 100-hectare holm oak (Quercus ilex) wood in the municipality of Golmayo, south of Alto del Tormo. It holds some of the oldest and tallest holm oaks in the province of Soria, including the Carrasco del Tío Domingo and a group of six trees growing in a circle.
The woodland appears in Pascual Madoz's 1846 Diccionario geográfico-estadístico-histórico and in the Nomenclátor of Soria province drawn up around 1880, which called it a thinly wooded oak grove owned by several neighbours. In July 2006 some of its holm oaks were added to Castilla y León's catalogue of singular plant specimens.
Six circular arranged oak trees within the forest hold special recognition in the Notable Trees Catalog of Soria province.
The woodland lies in the centre of Soria province, south of Alto del Tormo, in the Camparañón district of Golmayo, and covers about 100 hectares. Access is on foot along forest tracks; the terrain is uneven and there are no marked routes, so walkers should wear sturdy footwear and keep to the paths.
The six encircled holm oaks are recorded in Soria's Catalog of Notable Trees as a group, not as individual champions: none stands out by size, and two of them appear to be old stumps from which the present trunks have grown. The catalog gives the group 3.80 by 6 metres and rates its condition as good.
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