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Serra do Xistral

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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
Amphibians 2
Birds 19
Ferns 2
Invertebrates 6
Mammals 5
Mosses & Liverworts 1
Reptiles 2

Habitat types

Habitat type code Habitat type english name Cover [ha]
3160 Natural dystrophic lakes and ponds 90.1
3260 Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion vegetation 64.23
4020 Temperate Atlantic wet heaths with Erica ciliaris and Erica tetralix 8900.31
4030 European dry heaths 833.02
6220 Pseudo-steppe with grasses and annuals of the Thero-Brachypodietea 71.25
6230 Species-rich Nardus grasslands, on silicious substrates in mountain areas (and submountain areas in Continental Europe) 141.52
6410 Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clayey-silt-laden soils (Molinion caeruleae) 32.91
6430 Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels 66.72
6510 Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis) 1229.83
7110 Active raised bogs 887.44
7130 Blanket bogs (* if active bog) 372.68
7130 Blanket bogs (* if active bog) 2748
7140 Transition mires and quaking bogs 326.6
7150 Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion 342.54
8130 Western Mediterranean and thermophilous scree 43.02
8220 Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation 70.85
8230 Siliceous rock with pioneer vegetation of the Sedo-Scleranthion or of the Sedo albi-Veronicion dillenii 344
8310 Caves not open to the public 3.12
9180 Tilio-Acerion forests of slopes, screes and ravines 6.53
91E0 Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae) 42.68
9230 Galicio-Portuguese oak woods with Quercus robur and Quercus pyrenaica 1143.15
9380 Forests of Ilex aquifolium 14.38

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)
Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 UTC 1999
  • Date confirmed as Site of Community Importance
Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 UTC 2004
 
Date designated as Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 UTC 2014
 
Date of Standard data form update Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 UTC 2019

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