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Sierra del Gigante
Quick facts
- Natura 2000 site (code ES6200022)
- Under Habitats Directive
- Since Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 UTC 1999
- Country: Spain
- Administrative region: Región de Murcia (ES62)
- Surface area: 37 km2 (3748.27 ha)
- Marine area: 0%
- Located in Mediterranean biogeographical region
- It protects 45 species of the Nature Directives
- It protects 10 habitat types of the Habitats Directive
Source and more information: Natura 2000 Standard Data Form
Species
List
Gallery
Species summary
Nature directives' species in this site (45)| Species group | Number |
|---|---|
| Birds | 41 |
| Mammals | 2 |
| Reptiles | 2 |
Habitat types
| Habitat type code | Habitat type english name | Cover [ha] |
|---|---|---|
| 3250 | Constantly flowing Mediterranean rivers with Glaucium flavum | 1.2722 |
| 4030 | European dry heaths | 3.129 |
| 4090 | Endemic oro-Mediterranean heaths with gorse | 703.075 |
| 5210 | Arborescent matorral with Juniperus spp | 834.772 |
| 6110 | Rupicolous calcareous or basophilic grasslands of the Alysso-Sedion albi | 115.786 |
| 6220 | Pseudo-steppe with grasses and annuals of the Thero-Brachypodietea | 778.152 |
| 6420 | Mediterranean tall humid grasslands of the Molinio-Holoschoenion | 1.2722 |
| 8210 | Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation | 226.11 |
| 92D0 | Southern riparian galleries and thickets (Nerio-Tamaricetea and Securinegion tinctoriae) | 1.2722 |
| 9340 | Quercus ilex and Quercus rotundifolia forests | 281.102 |
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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Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 UTC 1999 |
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Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 UTC 2006 |
| Date of Standard data form update | Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 UTC 2021 |
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 |
