FR831COR265 - Estuaire du Tizzano

Description

Wetland data

Basic information
Wetland location: Marine / Coastal
Wetland type: Natural
Wetland area: 8.5 Ha
Hydrological interaction: -  
Water salinity: Brackish (0.5 - 18.0 g/l)
Type of fresh water input: Torrent / Stream - Unconfined aquifer
Surface water runoff Outflow from lakeshore or river
Open water area (%): 5 - 25
Hydroperiod: Seasonal
Geographic information
Region: Corsica
Sub region: Sartène
Island: Corsica
Municipality: Sartène
Longitude: 8.854267 East
Latitude: 41.548437 North
Wetland condition
Wetland status (MEDWET): 2 - Original habitats / landform still predominant (>50%)
Ramsar wetland type
Type Coverage (%)
F -- Estuarine waters; permanent water of estuaries and estuarine systems of deltas 51 - 75
H -- Intertidal marshes; includes salt marshes, salt meadows, saltings, raised salt marshes; includes tidal brackish and freshwater marshes 26 - 50
Property status
Private
Protection statuses
Protection status category Protection status subcategory Area's name Code Coverage area (%) Legislation
Other ZNIEFF type I Habitats humides et écotones de la Cala de Tizzano 100
Activities on wetland
Activity Intensity
140 = Grazing Medium
530 = Improved access to site High
Activities on catchment area
Activity Intensity
140 = Grazing Medium
220 = Leisure fishing Unknown
230 = Hunting Unknown
402 = discontinuous urbanisation High
501 = paths tracks cycling tracks High
502 = roads motorways Low
530 = Improved access to site Medium
621 = nautical sports Medium
Impacts
Impact Intensity
HF- = Habitat fragmentation Medium
HL- = Habitat loss High
Habitat types
Type Coverage (%)
1310 Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand
1410 Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)
3130 Oligotrophic to mesotrophic standing waters with vegetation of the Littorelletea uniflorae and/or of the Isoëto-Nanojuncetea
6420 Mediterranean tall humid grasslands of the Molinio-Holoschoenion
92D0 Southern riparian galleries and thickets (Nerio-Tamaricetea and Securinegion tinctoriae)
Vegetation types
Type Coverage (%)
Shrubby / Arborescent 5 - 25
Emergent 51 - 75
Flora
Species Presence status References
Agrostis gigantea Roth, 1788 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Atriplex prostrata Boucher ex DC., 1805 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla, 1905 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Cakile maritima Scop., 1772 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Carex divisa Huds., 1762 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Carex otrubae Podp., 1922 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Cotula coronopifolia L., 1753 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Crypsis aculeata (L.) Aiton, 1789 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers., 1805 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Elytrigia acuta (DC.) Tzvelev, 1973 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Halimione portulacoides (L.) Aellen, 1938 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Heliotropium supinum L., 1753 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Hordeum geniculatum All., 1785 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Isoetes durieui Bory, 1844 Present ZNIEFF - Habitats humides et écotones...
Isoetes histrix Bory, 1844 Present ZNIEFF - Habitats humides et écotones...
Juncus acutus L., 1753 subsp. acutus Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Juncus bufonius L., 1753 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Juncus effusus L., 1753 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Juncus subulatus Forssk., 1775 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Juniperus phoenicea L., 1753 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Kickxia commutata (Bernh. ex Rchb.) Fritsch, 1897 Present ZNIEFF - Habitats humides et écotones...
Limbarda crithmoides (L.) Dumort., 1827 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Lotus glaber Mill., 1768 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Lotus hispidus Desf. ex DC., 1805 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Lotus rectus L., 1753 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Mentha pulegium L., 1753 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Oxybasis chenopodioides (L.) S.Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch, 2012 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud., 1840 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Pistacia lentiscus L., 1753 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Plantago coronopus L., 1753 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Plantago lanceolata L., 1753 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Polypogon monspeliensis (L.) Desf., 1798 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Prunus spinosa L., 1753 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Pseudorlaya pumila (L.) Grande, 1925 Present
Quercus ilex L., 1753 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Ranunculus ophioglossifolius Vill., 1789 Present ZNIEFF - Habitats humides et écotones...
Ranunculus sceleratus L., 1753 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Rubus ulmifolius Schott, 1818 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Rumex crispus L., 1753 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Sagina maritima G.Don, 1810 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Salicornia europaea L., 1753 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Schedonorus arundinaceus (Schreb.) Dumort., 1824 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Schoenoplectus lacustris (L.) Palla, 1888 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Scirpoides holoschoenus (L.) Soják, 1972 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Serapias parviflora Parl., 1837 Present ZNIEFF - Habitats humides et écotones...
Silene nocturna L., 1753 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Tamarix africana Poir., 1789 Present ZNIEFF - Habitats humides et écotones...
Trifolium fragiferum L., 1753 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Trifolium resupinatum L., 1753 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Typha angustifolia L., 1753 Present Paradis (1992) - Étude phytosociologi...
Fauna

Reptiles

Presence status in wetland


References
Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) Present
ZNIEFF - Habitats humides et écotones...
Natrix helvetica corsa (Hecht, 1930) Present
ZNIEFF - Habitats humides et écotones...
Podarcis tiliguerta (Gmelin, 1789) Present
ZNIEFF - Habitats humides et écotones...
Testudo hermanni (Gmelin, 1789) Present
ZNIEFF - Habitats humides et écotones...

Amphibians

Presence status in wetland


References
Bufotes viridis (Laurenti, 1768) Present
ZNIEFF - Habitats humides et écotones...
Discoglossus sardus (Tschudi in Otth, 1837) Present
ZNIEFF - Habitats humides et écotones...
Hyla sarda (Betta, 1857) Present
ZNIEFF - Habitats humides et écotones...
Pelophylax lessonae bergeri (Günther in Engelmann, Fritzsche, Günther & Obst, 1986) Present
ZNIEFF - Habitats humides et écotones...

Invertebrates

Presence status in wetland


References
Brachytron pratense (O.F. Müller, 1764) Present
ZNIEFF - Habitats humides et écotones...

Birds

Number of individuals

Nesting

References
Rallus aquaticus (Linnaeus, 1758) ZNIEFF - DUNE DE PORTICCIO - ZONE HUM...
Acrocephalus scirpaceus (Hermann, 1804) ZNIEFF - DUNE DE PORTICCIO - ZONE HUM...
Tachybaptus ruficollis (Pallas, 1764) ZNIEFF - DUNE DE PORTICCIO - ZONE HUM...

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