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Sierra de Artxuga, Zarikieta y Montes de Areta

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Source and more information: Natura 2000 Standard Data Form


Species


List

Species summary

Nature directives' species in this site (37)
Species group Number
Birds 24
Flowering Plants 2
Invertebrates 3
Mammals 8

Habitat types

Habitat type code Habitat type english name Cover [ha]
3140 Hard oligo-mesotrophic waters with benthic vegetation of Chara spp 0.007
3240 Alpine rivers and their ligneous vegetation with Salix elaeagnos 1.37
4020 Temperate Atlantic wet heaths with Erica ciliaris and Erica tetralix 0.24
4030 European dry heaths 145.02
4090 Endemic oro-Mediterranean heaths with gorse 3461.84
5110 Stable xero-thermophilous formations with Buxus sempervirens on rock slopes (Berberidion pp) 138.04
5210 Arborescent matorral with Juniperus spp 49.91
6210 Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (* important orchid sites) 272.41
6230 Species-rich Nardus grasslands, on silicious substrates in mountain areas (and submountain areas in Continental Europe) 13.45
6410 Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clayey-silt-laden soils (Molinion caeruleae) 0.11
6430 Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels 0.01
7140 Transition mires and quaking bogs 1.48
8130 Western Mediterranean and thermophilous scree 1.08
8210 Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation 30.2
8310 Caves not open to the public 0.01
9120 Atlantic acidophilous beech forests with Ilex and sometimes also Taxus in the shrublayer (Quercion robori-petraeae or Ilici-Fagenion) 734.52
9130 Asperulo-Fagetum beech forests 392.8
9150 Medio-European limestone beech forests of the Cephalanthero-Fagion 1555.17
9180 Tilio-Acerion forests of slopes, screes and ravines 14.6
92A0 Salix alba and Populus alba galleries 1.82
9340 Quercus ilex and Quercus rotundifolia forests 1338.97

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)
December 1990
 
Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (SCI) Under Habitats directive
  • Date proposed as Site of Community Importance (SCI)
March 1999
  • Date confirmed as Site of Community Importance
Not available
 
Date designated as Special Area of Conservation (SAC) May 2017
 
Date of Standard data form update October 2021

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