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Source and more information: Natura 2000 Standard Data Form


Species


List

Species summary

Nature directives' species in this site (52)
Species group Number
Amphibians 1
Birds 30
Fishes 2
Flowering Plants 2
Invertebrates 6
Mammals 10
Mosses & Liverworts 1

Habitat types

Habitat type code Habitat type english name Cover [ha]
1310 Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand 0.16
1410 Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi) 2.74
3110 Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains (Littorelletalia uniflorae) 1.2
3140 Hard oligo-mesotrophic waters with benthic vegetation of Chara spp 4.86
3150 Natural eutrophic lakes with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition -type vegetation 9.53
3160 Natural dystrophic lakes and ponds 0.04
3170 Mediterranean temporary ponds 0.59
4030 European dry heaths 355.1
4060 Alpine and Boreal heaths 6595.57
4090 Endemic oro-Mediterranean heaths with gorse 572.29
5110 Stable xero-thermophilous formations with Buxus sempervirens on rock slopes (Berberidion pp) 1357.14
5120 Mountain Cytisus purgans formations 0.26
5210 Arborescent matorral with Juniperus spp 906.36
6110 Rupicolous calcareous or basophilic grasslands of the Alysso-Sedion albi 12.48
6170 Alpine and subalpine calcareous grasslands 5772.27
6210 Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (* important orchid sites) 44.47
6220 Pseudo-steppe with grasses and annuals of the Thero-Brachypodietea 2592.02
6230 Species-rich Nardus grasslands, on silicious substrates in mountain areas (and submountain areas in Continental Europe) 269.62
6410 Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clayey-silt-laden soils (Molinion caeruleae) 15.14
6420 Mediterranean tall humid grasslands of the Molinio-Holoschoenion 45.6
6430 Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels 2.08
6510 Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis) 85.42
7140 Transition mires and quaking bogs 3.84
7210 Calcareous fens with Cladium mariscus and species of the Caricion davallianae 0.23
7220 Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion) 0.77
7230 Alkaline fens 13.86
8130 Western Mediterranean and thermophilous scree 154.68
8210 Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation 390.78
8220 Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation 117.71
8230 Siliceous rock with pioneer vegetation of the Sedo-Scleranthion or of the Sedo albi-Veronicion dillenii 12.46
8310 Caves not open to the public 0
9180 Tilio-Acerion forests of slopes, screes and ravines 146.19
91B0 Thermophilous Fraxinus angustifolia woods 2
9230 Galicio-Portuguese oak woods with Quercus robur and Quercus pyrenaica 1843.32
9240 Quercus faginea and Quercus canariensis Iberian woods 3891.55
92A0 Salix alba and Populus alba galleries 634.84
9340 Quercus ilex and Quercus rotundifolia forests 10210.1
9380 Forests of Ilex aquifolium 12.56
9530 (Sub-) Mediterranean pine forests with endemic black pines 29231.9
9540 Mediterranean pine forests with endemic Mesogean pines 8351.13
9560 Endemic forests with Juniperus spp 11332.5
9580 Mediterranean Taxus baccata woods 6.39

Designation information

NATURA 2000 is the ecological network for the conservation of wild animals and plant species and natural habitats of Community importance within the Union. It consists of sites classified under the Birds Directive and the Habitats Directive (the Nature Directives).

NATURA 2000 site under

Birds Directive 2009/147/EC (SPA) Under Birds directive
  • Date classified as Special Protection Area (SPA)
Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 CEST 2005
 
Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (SCI) Under Habitats directive
  • Date proposed as Site of Community Importance (SCI)
Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 CET 2001
  • Date confirmed as Site of Community Importance
Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 CEST 2006
 
Date designated as Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 CEST 2017
 
Date of Standard data form update Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 CEST 2021

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