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Alta Garrotxa - Massís de les Salines

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Source and more information: Natura 2000 Standard Data Form


Species


List

Species summary

Nature directives' species in this site (65)
Species group Number
Birds 40
Fishes 1
Invertebrates 10
Mammals 12
Reptiles 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 0.1
3140 Hard oligo-mesotrophic waters with benthic vegetation of Chara spp 0.1
3240 Alpine rivers and their ligneous vegetation with Salix elaeagnos 34.309
3250 Constantly flowing Mediterranean rivers with Glaucium flavum 122.28
3260 Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation 0.1
3270 Rivers with muddy banks with Chenopodion rubri pp and Bidention pp vegetation 1.15
4030 European dry heaths 51.6
4090 Endemic oro-Mediterranean heaths with gorse 1.393
5110 Stable xero-thermophilous formations with Buxus sempervirens on rock slopes (Berberidion pp) 42.433
5130 Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands 0.1
5210 Arborescent matorral with Juniperus spp 0.1
6110 Rupicolous calcareous or basophilic grasslands of the Alysso-Sedion albi 0.1
6210 Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (* important orchid sites) 440.834
6410 Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clayey-silt-laden soils (Molinion caeruleae) 3.01
6420 Mediterranean tall humid grasslands of the Molinio-Holoschoenion 1.123
6430 Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels 0.1
6510 Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis) 12.946
7220 Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion) 0.1
8130 Western Mediterranean and thermophilous scree 72.537
8210 Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation 200.034
8220 Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation 29.858
8310 Caves not open to the public 66.23
9120 Atlantic acidophilous beech forests with Ilex and sometimes also Taxus in the shrublayer (Quercion robori-petraeae or Ilici-Fagenion) 235.482
9130 Asperulo-Fagetum beech forests 999.122
9150 Medio-European limestone beech forests of the Cephalanthero-Fagion 1467.3
9160 Sub-Atlantic and medio-European oak or oak-hornbeam forests of the Carpinion betuli 129.376
9180 Tilio-Acerion forests of slopes, screes and ravines 7.837
91E0 Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae) 276.527
9240 Quercus faginea and Quercus canariensis Iberian woods 106.827
9260 Castanea sativa woods 443.037
9330 Quercus suber forests 1319.56
9340 Quercus ilex and Quercus rotundifolia forests 18354.9
9530 (Sub-) Mediterranean pine forests with endemic black pines 465.818
9540 Mediterranean pine forests with endemic Mesogean pines 610.451
9580 Mediterranean Taxus baccata woods 3.25

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)
Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 CET 2005
 
Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (SCI) Under Habitats directive
  • Date proposed as Site of Community Importance (SCI)
Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 CET 1996
  • Date confirmed as Site of Community Importance
Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 CEST 2006
 
Date designated as Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 CET 2014
 
Date of Standard data form update Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 CEST 2021

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