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St Christopher's reed beds

Special Area of Conservation (SAC)

Western bend of the Caldonazzo Lake (Valsugana), with a vast reed bed; in the water mirror there are a few groups of yellow water lilies. The shore vegetation consists mainly of wet meadows and black alder groves.

The SAC is also a provincial nature reserve and is one of the protected areas that make up the Fiume Brenta Reserve Network.

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Description

A patch of lake vegetation, in particular reeds, in a bend of a eutrophic lake, framed by an alder grove, which has been partly drained.
The site is also of importance for the nesting, stopping and/or wintering of protected or strongly declining bird species and/or those with a localised distribution in the Alps.
Historical presence of Annex II invertebrates that are indicators of intact, strongly declining wetlands. Presence of Annex II invertebrates indicating good naturalness of running waters.
Habitats of special interest not included in Annex I of Directive 92/43/EEC are present, in particular: Phragmition (reed beds) (30%).

Address

Municipalities concerned

Pergine Valsugana

Area coordinates

webgis.provincia.tn.it

Surface area

Unità di misura	Valore
hectares	9,39

Informazioni di dettaglio

Identification code

IT3120042

Reference database

Natura2000

Protected area classification

Special Area of Conservation (SAC)

Type of protected area

Reed bed

Technical Information

Contacts

Managing body

Autonomous Province of Trento (IT)

Contact office

Ufficio biodiversita' e rete natura 2000