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Massif du Lauvet d'Ilonse et des Quatre Cantons - Dome de Barrot - Gorges du Cians

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  • Natura 2000 site (code FR9301556)
  • Under Habitats Directive
  • Since Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 CET 1998
  • Country: France
  • Administrative region: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (FR82)
  • Surface area: 151 km2 (15071.00 ha)
  • Marine area: 0%
  • Located in Alpine and Mediterranean biogeographical regions
  • It protects 19 species of the Nature Directives
  • It protects 34 habitat types of the Habitats Directive

Source and more information: Natura 2000 Standard Data Form


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Species summary

Nature directives' species in this site (19)
Species group Number
Amphibians 1
Fishes 1
Flowering Plants 2
Invertebrates 5
Mammals 8
Mosses & Liverworts 2

Habitat types

Habitat type code Habitat type english name Cover [ha]
3220 Alpine rivers and the herbaceous vegetation along their banks 4.01
3240 Alpine rivers and their ligneous vegetation with Salix elaeagnos 3.87
3280 Constantly flowing Mediterranean rivers with Paspalo-Agrostidion species and hanging curtains of Salix and Populus alba 3.19
4030 European dry heaths 8.6
4060 Alpine and Boreal heaths 52.8
4090 Endemic oro-Mediterranean heaths with gorse 307
5110 Stable xero-thermophilous formations with Buxus sempervirens on rock slopes (Berberidion pp) 555
5130 Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands 593.56
5210 Arborescent matorral with Juniperus spp 263
6170 Alpine and subalpine calcareous grasslands 474
6210 Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (* important orchid sites) 594
6210 Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (* important orchid sites) 0.1
6220 Pseudo-steppe with grasses and annuals of the Thero-Brachypodietea 0.8
6230 Species-rich Nardus grasslands, on silicious substrates in mountain areas (and submountain areas in Continental Europe) 256
6410 Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clayey-silt-laden soils (Molinion caeruleae) 1
6430 Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels 14.1
6520 Mountain hay meadows 28.5
7220 Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion) 2.7
7230 Alkaline fens 1.47
8120 Calcareous and calcshist screes of the montane to alpine levels (Thlaspietea rotundifolii) 154
8130 Western Mediterranean and thermophilous scree 192
8210 Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation 161
8220 Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation 139
8230 Siliceous rock with pioneer vegetation of the Sedo-Scleranthion or of the Sedo albi-Veronicion dillenii 316
8310 Caves not open to the public 0
9150 Medio-European limestone beech forests of the Cephalanthero-Fagion 1483.9
9180 Tilio-Acerion forests of slopes, screes and ravines 68.6
91E0 Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae) 6
9260 Castanea sativa woods 101
9340 Quercus ilex and Quercus rotundifolia forests 71.12
9410 Acidophilous Picea forests of the montane to alpine levels (Vaccinio-Piceetea) 171
9420 Alpine Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra forests 204
9430 Subalpine and montane Pinus uncinata forests (* if on gypsum or limestone) 30.1
9560 Endemic forests with Juniperus spp 1.12

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 Dec 01 00:00:00 CET 1998
  • Date confirmed as Site of Community Importance
 Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 CEST 2006
 
Date designated as Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 CEST 2015
 
Date of Standard data form update Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 CEST 2021

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