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Vallée de la Charente (basse vallée)

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Source and more information: Natura 2000 Standard Data Form


Species


List

Species summary

Nature directives' species in this site (23)
Species group Number
Fishes 4
Flowering Plants 1
Invertebrates 7
Mammals 10
Reptiles 1

Habitat types

Habitat type code Habitat type english name Cover [ha]
1130 Estuaries 2790
1140 Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide 1822.91
1150 Coastal lagoons 0
1210 Annual vegetation of drift lines 0
1230 Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic Coasts 0.57
1310 Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand 8.4
1320 Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae) 0.01
1330 Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae) 127.6
1410 Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi) 3141
1420 Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic halophilous scrubs (Sarcocornetea fruticosi) 5.4
2110 Embryonic shifting dunes 0
2130 Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation ('grey dunes') 2.4
2270 Wooded dunes with Pinus pinea and/or Pinus pinaster 0
3140 Hard oligo-mesotrophic waters with benthic vegetation of Chara spp 1.5
3150 Natural eutrophic lakes with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition -type vegetation 36.2
3260 Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation 276.87
4030 European dry heaths 0
5130 Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands 0
6210 Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (* important orchid sites) 4.63
6430 Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels 29
7210 Calcareous fens with Cladium mariscus and species of the Caricion davallianae 30.6
8210 Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation 0
8310 Caves not open to the public 0
91E0 Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae) 88.57
91F0 Riparian mixed forests of Quercus robur, Ulmus laevis and Ulmus minor, Fraxinus excelsior or Fraxinus angustifolia, along the great rivers (Ulmenion minoris) 106.8
9340 Quercus ilex and Quercus rotundifolia forests 87.57

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) Not under Birds directive
 
Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (SCI) Under Habitats directive
  • Date proposed as Site of Community Importance (SCI)
Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 CEST 2002
  • Date confirmed as Site of Community Importance
Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 CET 2004
 
Date designated as Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Fri May 01 00:00:00 CEST 2009
 
Date of Standard data form update Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 CEST 2013

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