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Monte Baracca, Contrada Giarrita
Quick facts
- Natura 2000 site (code ITA070014)
- Under Habitats Directive
- Since Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 CEST 1995
- Country: Italy
- Administrative region: Sicilia (ITG1)
- Surface area: 17 km2 (1716.00 ha)
- Marine area: 0%
- Located in Mediterranean biogeographical region
- It protects 1 species of the Nature Directives
- It protects 11 habitat types of the Habitats Directive
Source and more information: Natura 2000 Standard Data Form
Habitat types
| Habitat type code | Habitat type english name | Cover [ha] |
|---|---|---|
| 4090 | Endemic oro-Mediterranean heaths with gorse | 5.17 |
| 6220 | Pseudo-steppe with grasses and annuals of the Thero-Brachypodietea | 1 |
| 8130 | Western Mediterranean and thermophilous scree | 0.1 |
| 8320 | Fields of lava and natural excavations | 660.95 |
| 9210 | Apeninne beech forests with Taxus and Ilex | 1.5 |
| 9260 | Castanea sativa woods | 141.9 |
| 92A0 | Salix alba and Populus alba galleries | 0.34 |
| 9340 | Quercus ilex and Quercus rotundifolia forests | 0.74 |
| 9530 | (Sub-) Mediterranean pine forests with endemic black pines | 352.59 |
| 91M0 | Pannonian-Balkanic turkey oak –sessile oak forests | 204.83 |
| 91AA | Eastern white oak woods | 7.79 |
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) |
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| Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (SCI) |
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Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 CEST 1995 |
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Not available |
| Date designated as Special Area of Conservation (SAC) | Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 CET 2017 |
| Date of Standard data form update | Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 CET 2019 |
Other resources
| Natura 2000 map viewer | Interactive map designed for showing and querying Natura 2000 sites. Other information such as Nationally designated areas and LIFE projects are also available. |
| Protected planet map viewer | Interactive map showing the World Database on Protected Areas |
| European protected sites map viewer | Simple interactive map showing Natura 2000 sites and Nationally designated areas |
| Data download | The Natura 2000 dataset is available from the European Environment Agency website |
