conserves the largest surviving area of primary laurel forest or "laurisilva", a vegetation type that is now confined to the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands. These forests display a wealth of ...

Humid, evergreen Laurisilva once covered much of southern Europe, but the forest, named for its numerous Laurel species, is now limited to the Canary Islands, Azores and Madeira, which has the ...

The view from the top showcases a panoramic vista of the island ... The Laurisilva of Madeira, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is a remnant of a once widespread laurel forest.