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Sierra Morena

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Source and more information: Natura 2000 Standard Data Form


Species


List

Species summary

Nature directives' species in this site (87)
Species group Number
Amphibians 1
Birds 62
Ferns 1
Fishes 3
Flowering Plants 3
Invertebrates 3
Mammals 12
Reptiles 2

Habitat types

Habitat type code Habitat type english name Cover [ha]
3110 Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains (Littorelletalia uniflorae) 0.5
3150 Natural eutrophic lakes with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition -type vegetation 251.22
3170 Mediterranean temporary ponds 63.7
3250 Constantly flowing Mediterranean rivers with Glaucium flavum 0.42
3260 Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation 128.83
4020 Temperate Atlantic wet heaths with Erica ciliaris and Erica tetralix 17.16
4030 European dry heaths 20449.3
4090 Endemic oro-Mediterranean heaths with gorse 44.15
5210 Arborescent matorral with Juniperus spp 4241.9
5330 Thermo-Mediterranean and pre-desert scrub 3368.8
6220 Pseudo-steppe with grasses and annuals of the Thero-Brachypodietea 272.22
6310 Dehesas with evergreen Quercus spp 17961.1
6410 Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clayey-silt-laden soils (Molinion caeruleae) 37.72
6420 Mediterranean tall humid grasslands of the Molinio-Holoschoenion 461.73
7140 Transition mires and quaking bogs 1.28
8130 Western Mediterranean and thermophilous scree 687.6
8220 Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation 7458
8230 Siliceous rock with pioneer vegetation of the Sedo-Scleranthion or of the Sedo albi-Veronicion dillenii 94.72
91B0 Thermophilous Fraxinus angustifolia woods 218.94
91E0 Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae) 270.93
9230 Galicio-Portuguese oak woods with Quercus robur and Quercus pyrenaica 9909.84
9240 Quercus faginea and Quercus canariensis Iberian woods 7076.44
9260 Castanea sativa woods 7.02
92A0 Salix alba and Populus alba galleries 68.13
92D0 Southern riparian galleries and thickets (Nerio-Tamaricetea and Securinegion tinctoriae) 708.72
9320 Olea and Ceratonia forests 353.21
9330 Quercus suber forests 5583.78
9340 Quercus ilex and Quercus rotundifolia forests 12472.5
9540 Mediterranean pine forests with endemic Mesogean pines 3.7

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 Dec 01 00:00:00 CET 1997
  • Date confirmed as Site of Community Importance
Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 CEST 2006
 
Date designated as Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 CET 2016
 
Date of Standard data form update Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 CEST 2021

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