The last stronghold of the laurel forest on the island of Gran Canaria is located in the protected area of Tilos de Moya (the central North Island) at the Country Park dramas.

Laurel forests spread in the Mediterranean than 20,000,000 years. The ice ages were pushed back more temperate zones and now only exist in the Canary Islands and the Azores and Madeira. Therefore, the bay islands of Macaronesia, which includes the Canary Islands outlined together with the islands of Cape Verde and the Portuguese islands has been reduced.

This lush subtropical laurel forests are mainly acebiños of laurel or parrot, Faya-heath, willow, fern, ivy Mocan composed ... His arrogance and excess can see the image on the right.