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Nature directives' species in this site (47)
Species group Number
Amphibians 5
Fishes 12
Flowering Plants 3
Invertebrates 14
Mammals 11
Mosses & Liverworts 2

Habitat types

Habitat type code Habitat type english name Cover [ha]
3130 Oligotrophic to mesotrophic standing waters with vegetation of the Littorelletea uniflorae and/or of the Isoeto-Nanojuncetea 0.5
3150 Natural eutrophic lakes with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition -type vegetation 5
3260 Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation 0.5
3270 Rivers with muddy banks with Chenopodion rubri pp and Bidention pp vegetation 0.5
4030 European dry heaths 0.5
5130 Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands 1
6110 Rupicolous calcareous or basophilic grasslands of the Alysso-Sedion albi 0.5
6130 Calaminarian grasslands of the Violetalia calaminariae 1.9
6210 Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (* important orchid sites) 141.55
6230 Species-rich Nardus grasslands, on silicious substrates in mountain areas (and submountain areas in Continental Europe) 2.5
6240 Sub-Pannonic steppic grasslands 55.77
6250 Pannonic loess steppic grasslands 0.12
6410 Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clayey-silt-laden soils (Molinion caeruleae) 0.15
6430 Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels 0.5
6510 Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis) 272.5
6520 Mountain hay meadows 31.8
8150 Medio-European upland siliceous screes 0.34
8220 Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation 31.9
8230 Siliceous rock with pioneer vegetation of the Sedo-Scleranthion or of the Sedo albi-Veronicion dillenii 14.1
8310 Caves not open to the public 0.02
9110 Luzulo-Fagetum beech forests 1976.7
9130 Asperulo-Fagetum beech forests 1985.6
9150 Medio-European limestone beech forests of the Cephalanthero-Fagion 32
9170 Galio-Carpinetum oak-hornbeam forests 537.2
9180 Tilio-Acerion forests of slopes, screes and ravines 41.54
91E0 Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae) 39.79
91F0 Riparian mixed forests of Quercus robur, Ulmus laevis and Ulmus minor, Fraxinus excelsior or Fraxinus angustifolia, along the great rivers (Ulmenion minoris) 7.35
91H0 Pannonian woods with Quercus pubescens 20
40A0 Subcontinental peri-Pannonic scrub 0.3
6190 Rupicolous pannonic grasslands (Stipo-Festucetalia pallentis) 20.98
91M0 Pannonian-Balkanic turkey oak –sessile oak forests 5

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)
 Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 CEST 1998
  • Date confirmed as Site of Community Importance
 Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 CET 2004
 
Date designated as Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 CET 2011
 
Date of Standard data form update Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 CET 2021

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