Ombú Forest
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Ombú Forest
URUGUAY
The ombú is the national tree of Uruguay. Generally, the tree stands alone on the grasslands, so Ombú Forest, on the banks of the Castillos Lake, is one of the few areas where the trees form a large forest.The ombú tree forest has an extension of 20 km. Each ombú tree has an umbrella-like canopy that spreads to a girth of between 12 and 15 m and can attain a height of 12 to 18 m. Since the sap is poisonous, the ombú is not grazed on by cattle and is immune to locusts and other pests.
