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Quick facts
- Natura 2000 site (code GR1250001)
- Under Birds Directive and Habitats Directive
- Since Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 CET 1987
- Country: Greece
- Administrative region: Kentriki Makedonia (GR12), Thessalia (GR14)
- Surface area: 189 km2 (18866.81 ha)
- Marine area: 0%
- Located in Mediterranean biogeographical region
- It protects 73 species of the Nature Directives
- It protects 13 habitat types of the Habitats Directive
Source and more information: Natura 2000 Standard Data Form
Species
List
Gallery
Species summary
Nature directives' species in this site (73)| Species group | Number |
|---|---|
| Amphibians | 2 |
| Birds | 62 |
| Invertebrates | 3 |
| Mammals | 3 |
| Reptiles | 3 |
Habitat types
| Habitat type code | Habitat type english name | Cover [ha] |
|---|---|---|
| 4060 | Alpine and Boreal heaths | 196.635 |
| 4090 | Endemic oro-Mediterranean heaths with gorse | 54.127 |
| 6170 | Alpine and subalpine calcareous grasslands | 3216.98 |
| 6230 | Species-rich Nardus grasslands, on silicious substrates in mountain areas (and submountain areas in Continental Europe) | 231.616 |
| 8140 | Eastern Mediterranean screes | 105.517 |
| 8210 | Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation | 1347.5 |
| 9130 | Asperulo-Fagetum beech forests | 26.4154 |
| 9150 | Medio-European limestone beech forests of the Cephalanthero-Fagion | 1456.02 |
| 92C0 | Platanus orientalis and Liquidambar orientalis woods (Platanion orientalis) | 8.37897 |
| 9340 | Quercus ilex and Quercus rotundifolia forests | 897.615 |
| 9530 | (Sub-) Mediterranean pine forests with endemic black pines | 7529.67 |
| 91M0 | Pannonian-Balkanic turkey oak –sessile oak forests | 256.169 |
| 95A0 | High oro-Mediterranean pine forests | 3464.79 |
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) |
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Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 CET 1987 |
| Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (SCI) |
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Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 CEST 1996 |
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Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 CEST 2006 |
| Date designated as Special Area of Conservation (SAC) | Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 CET 2011 |
| Date of Standard data form update | Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 CEST 2020 |
Other resources
| Natura 2000 map viewer | Interactive map designed for showing and querying Natura 2000 sites. Other information such as Nationally designated areas and LIFE projects are also available. |
| Protected planet map viewer | Interactive map showing the World Database on Protected Areas |
| European protected sites map viewer | Simple interactive map showing Natura 2000 sites and Nationally designated areas |
| Data download | The Natura 2000 dataset is available from the European Environment Agency website |
