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The Biodiversity of the Hateg Country is close conected with the
vegetation belts found in the region and the special habitats that
correspod to each of them.
Descending from the mountains towards the plain, there are five vegetation districts:
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- alpine shrubs and grasslands above 1800m with Festuca supina , Vaccinium myrtillus and other species,
- spurce fir forests between 1300-1800m sometimes locally mixed with S orbus aucuparia , Fagus sylvatica and Abies alba,
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beech forests, often mixed with similar species such as Tilia cordata ,
Ulmus montana , Fraxinus excelsior , and in mosaic with meadows and
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- sessile oak forests, steppe grasslands and fields
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turkey oak and hungarian oak forests found on small areas at altitudes
lower than 500m, in most cases already turned into fields and
grasslands on and the special habitats that correspod to each of them. |
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Protected areas in the Geopark
The vegetal species with scientific importance are protected in special
areas mentioned in Law 5/2000 regarding the approval of the National
Territory Plan ? section III ? protected zones. |
The Peşteana Marsh
botanical reserve, protected area of 4th category, with a surface of 2
ha, is situated on the territory of Peşteana village, Densuş communa.
The meadow represents an under-recent clog, through sphagnatization, of
a pleistocenian lake. Is one of the southest oligotrophic marshes from
our country, in its flora the Drosera rotundifolia, a glacial relict,
is remarkable.
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The Poienii Peak
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the Ohaba de sub Piatră, botanical protected area of 4th category with
a surface of 0,8 ha, situated on the territory of Ohaba de sub Piatră
village, Sălaşu de Sus communa. The rocks of the Poienii hill are
hiding a xerofitic vegetation, with remarkable floristic elements. Is
the only certain station for Plantago holosteum and the classical site
for Astragallus onobrycnis var. lineariforicus.
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The Slivut Forest
botanical reserve, protected area of 4th category, with a surface of 40
ha, situated on the territory of Haţeg town. In the grassy layer of the
forest Croccus banaticus, Melampyrum bihariense and Lembotropis
nigricans species have been identified. Since 1958, in the zone an
European bison reserve has been created.
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Natura 2000
Following
the European Directives, the geopark team has already identified an
important number of species and habitats that need special protection.
Directive 79/409/EEC (Birds)
Annex I: Ciconia ciconia, Ficedula parva, Glaucidium passerinum,Lanius collurio, Lanius minor;
Annex II: Corvus corone, Streptopelia decaocto, Turdus merula, Turdus philomelos;
Annex III/1: Phasianus colchicus
Directive 92/43/EEC (Habitats)
Annex I - Natural habitat types of community interest that require special conservation: complete list
Annex II - Animal and plant species of community interest that require special conservation: complete list
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The Narcissus Hay Fields from Nucşoara
botanical reserve, protected area of 4th category, with a surface of 20
ha, on the range of Nucşoara village, Sălaşu de Sus communa. Represents
an artefact of ancient hydrophilical associations with the Peudedanum
rochelianum endemism. Special landscape aspect due to the populations
of Narcissus stellaris. |
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The Hay Fields from Pui
botanical reserve, protected area of 4th category, with a surface of 5
ha, on the range of Pui communa. Represents artefacts of floristic
associations that are specific to the glacial period. In the vegetation
of Haţeg, at the limit with the Retezat Mountains, protected species
can be present, monuments of nature, such as: Lilium jankae, Draba
dornei, Angellica archangelica, Cypripedium calceolus. |
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