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Natural Park of the Fragas do Eume

Pontedeume, Eume, A Coruña

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Natural Park of the Fragas do Eume

Nature · Pontedeume, Eume, A Coruña

Declared on 30 July 1997, it protects 9,126 hectares of Atlantic riverside woodland spread across five concellos: Cabanas, A Capela, Monfero, Pontedeume and As Pontes de García Rodríguez, home to 521 people within the park's boundaries; it holds more than 500 plant species, 28 of them ferns, among them the tertiary relict Culcita macrocarpa. It is considered one of the best-preserved thermophilic Atlantic forests in Europe and one of the few of its kind left on the continent. Its fauna, alongside small amphibians and reptiles such as the saramaganta (Iberian streaked ribbed newt), includes larger species such as the Iberian wolf and various birds of prey. The area declared a Special Area of Conservation coincides with the boundaries of the natural park.

Photo: Miguel Branco (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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