ITG25ASI0009 - Cala Marcutza

Description

Wetland data

Basic information
Wetland location: Marine/Coastal
Wetland type: Natural
Wetland area: 6.8 Ha
Hydrological interaction: -  
Water salinity: Salty (> 18.0 g/l)
Hydroperiod: Permanent
Geographic information
Region: Sardinia
Province: Sassari
Island: Asinara
Municipality: Porto Torres
Longitude: 8.258087 East
Latitude: 41.051045 North
Wetland condition
Wetland status (MEDWET): 2 - Original habitats/landform still predominant (>50%)
Ramsar wetland type
Type Coverage (%)
H -- Intertidal marshes; includes salt marshes, salt meadows, saltings, raised salt marshes; includes tidal brackish and freshwater marshes 5 - 25
J -- Coastal brackish/saline lagoons; brackish to saline lagoons with at least one relatively narrow connection to the sea 76 - 95
Property status
Government - Municipal
Protection statuses
Protection status category Protection status subcategory Area's name Code Coverage area (%) Legislation
Habitat and species protected area Special Protection Area (SPA) Isola Asinara ITB010001 100 Delibera n. 9/17 del 07/03/2007
Habitat and species protected area Site of Community Importance (SCI)  Isola dell'Asinara ITB010082 100 DM 07/04/2017
Habitat and species protected area Wildlife refugee Isola Asinara OASI_SS10 100 Legge Regionale 23/1998 articolo 4-2
Natural park National park Parco Nazionale dell'Asinara EUAP0945 100 D.P.R. del 3 Ottobre 1987
Other protected areas State Property forest Asinara SS1_1 100 N.A.
Important bird areas
IBA code Site name Coverage (%) References
IT171 Isola dell'Asinara, Isola Piana e penisola di Stintino 100
Activities on wetland
Activity Intensity
010 = Habitat conservation High
502 = roads motorways Low
510 = Energy transport Low
623 = motorised vehicles Low
Habitat types
Type Coverage (%)
1120 * Posidonia beds (Posidonion oceanicae) 5 - 25
1160 Large shallow inlets and bays 5 - 25
1240 Vegetated sea cliffs of the Mediterranean coasts with endemic Limonium spp. 5 - 25
1310 Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand 5 - 25
1410 Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi) 5 - 25
1420 Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic halophilous scrubs (Sarcocornetea fruticosi) 5 - 25
5330 Thermo-Mediterranean and pre-desert scrub 5 - 25
5410 West Mediterranean clifftop phryganas (Astragalo-Plantaginetum subulatae) < 5
6220 * Pseudo-steppe with grasses and annuals of the Thero-Brachypodietea < 5
Flora
Species Presence status References
Alopecurus bulbosus Present Bocchieri 1988
Avena sterilis Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Bromus hordeaceus Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Centaurea horrida Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Centaurium erythraea rhodense Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Dactylis glomerata hispanica Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Euphorbia paralias Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Euphorbia pithyusa pithyusa Present
Frankenia hirsuta Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Frankenia laevis Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Galium verrucosum Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Halimione portulacoides Co-dominant Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Helichrysum microphyllum thyrrhenicum Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Juncus acutus Co-dominant Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Juncus hybridus Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Juncus pygmaeus Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Juncus subulatus Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Juniperus turbinata Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Lagurus ovatus Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Lolium rigidum Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Lotus cytisoides Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Moraea sisyrinchium Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Pistacia lentiscus Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Plantago weldenii Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Polypogon maritimus Present
Rumex bucephalophorus bucephalophorus Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Salicornia fruticosa Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Salicornia perennis  Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Sedum rubens Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Senecio leucanthemifolius Co-dominant Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Silene canescens Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Sonchus bulbosus Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Thymelaea hirsuta Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Trifolium scabrum Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019
Triglochin bulbosa barrelieri Present Fois & Cuena 16.06.2019