The Mistério da Prainha is a lava field extending from the highland of the Achada plateau all the way down to the N coast of Pico. It goes back to an eruption in 1562-1564. Unusable for cattle grazing, the area is mostly covered by natural shrub forests and heathlands, here at 600-800 m asl., with species such as Erica azorica.
- Location
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- Created
- on Wednesday 6 September 2023 by Martin Mergili
- Region
- Keywords
- non-tropical montane forest, plant, Zonobiome V
- Visits and license
- 310 visits, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED license