Landes du Tertre Bizet et Fosse Arthour is a Natura 2000 conservation area that is 222 hectares in size.[1]
Geography
editThis site is made up of several environmental elements, where there is a mixture of forests, heather moors, rocky points and scree. There are two sectors to the protected area;
- The Tertre Bizet moor, occupying the northern slope of a small valley
- The Fosse Arthour, an example of a deep cut into the Armorican sandstone and strewn with scree on its sides.
It is spread across 3 different communes all within two departments the Orne and Manche;[1]
This protected site is within the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park.[2]
Conservation
editThe conservation area has one species listed in Annex 2 of the Habitats Directive, which is the southern damselfly.[3]
In addition the Natura 2000 site has twelve habitats protected under the Habitats Directive.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "INPN - FSD Natura 2000 - FR2500076 - Landes du Tertre Bizet et Fosse Arthour - Description".
- ^ "Natura 2000 - Parc Naturel Régional Normandie-Maine". www.parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr.
- ^ a b "EUNIS -Site factsheet for Landes du Tertre Bizet et Fosse Arthour". eunis.eea.europa.eu.