{"id":4397,"date":"2014-10-01T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T06:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifetremedal.eu\/?page_id=4397"},"modified":"2023-02-10T15:33:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T14:33:36","slug":"xuriain","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lifetremedal.eu\/en\/wetlands\/xuriain\/","title":{"rendered":"Xuriain"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Name of the site:<\/strong> Xuriain
\nProtection categories:<\/strong> Included in SCI ES2200018 Belate and listed as Protected Non-developable Land due to its Environmental Value, Wetlands, in Navarre\u2019s Land Planning Programme 3 \u201cCentral area\u201d.
\nLocation:<\/strong> The site is located in the municipality of Anue, its eastern slope lying alongside the boundary with Esteribar.
\nRegion:<\/strong> Navarre
\nCoordinate reference:<\/strong> XN1765
\nSurface area of the wetland:<\/strong> 2.74 hectares
\nAltitude:<\/strong> 1320-1395 m
\nSee PDF map<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n\"Xuriain\"\n<\/div>\n
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This site, unique in that it is the only ombrotrophic site in Navarre, covers an area of 2.74 ha on a slope at the top of Monte Xuriain and faces N-NW.<\/h5>\n

Due to its location, the water that feeds this site can only come from rainfall and mist (hence its ombrotrophic nature).
\nIt is in a very poor state of conservation<\/b> because areas of heathland have been burned as a means of controlling the environment and very few traces of the flora and fauna characteristic of mires remain. The characteristics of the flora and the origin of the water point towards oligotrophic<\/b> conditions.
\nThere are two levels of sandstone scree, between which sit flat areas with shallow peat substratum, with the exception of one area at the foot of the first level of scree which has 45 cm of peat consisting of the remains of sphagnum. In the area with the deepest peat deposit, there are small mounds measuring 25-40 cm with bilberries and Sphagnum spp<\/em>.
\nVery wet heathland, with mounds measuring 20-30 cm high, currently with Leucobryum glaucum<\/em>, grows on the second level of scree.<\/p>\n

MOST IMPORTANT VALUES<\/dt>

Uniqueness<\/strong><\/span>
\nThis is only clearly ombrogenous site detected in Navarre.<\/p>\n

Biological and ecological values<\/strong><\/span>
\nIn terms of flora, the most notable presence when it comes to bryophytes is that of Lophozia incisa<\/em>,<\/em> a new bryophyte in the Navarrese catalogue; the area also has the second largest population of Kurzia trichoclados<\/em> in Navarre and a relatively abundant presence of Racomitrium lanuginosum<\/em>, an Atlantic aerohygrophilous moss.
\nAs far as vascular plants and habitats are concerned, it should be pointed out that the area has lost a great deal of interest due to fire clearance.<\/p>\n

Historical and paleoecological values<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe peat-forming habitats at the Xuriain site do not possess significant deposits from a paleoecological point of view<\/p>\n

Habitats of Community Interest<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
H\u00e1bitat<\/strong><\/td>\nNombre<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4030<\/td>\nBrezales secos europeos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6230*<\/td>\nFormaciones herbosas con\u00a0Nardus<\/em>, con numerosas especies, sobre sustratos sil\u00edceos de zonas monta\u00f1osas (y de zonas submonta\u00f1osas de la Europa continental)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Flora<\/strong><\/span>
\nThere are old citations of Huperzia selago<\/em> and Trichophorum caespitosum subsp. germanicum<\/em> at the summit of Xuriain, but their presence has not been verified recently.
\n20 species of vascular plants and 16 bryophyte species have been recorded.<\/p>\n

Fauna<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe presence of fauna specific to peatlands and mires has not been registered.<\/p>\n<\/dd>

PHOTOS<\/dt>

\"Vista<\/p>\n

General view of the Zuriain site (P. Heras)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Zona<\/a><\/p>\n

Area with the deepest peat, burned promontories. (M. Infante).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Promontorio<\/a><\/p>\n

Eroded promontory, displaying lattice of sandstone blocks. (P. Heras)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/dd><\/dl>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This site, unique in that it is the only ombrotrophic site in Navarre, covers an area of 2.74 ha on a slope at the top of Monte Xuriain and faces N-NW. Due to its location, the water that feeds this site can only come from rainfall and mist (hence its ombrotrophic nature). It is in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":921,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-template-left-nav.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4397","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifetremedal.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifetremedal.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifetremedal.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifetremedal.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifetremedal.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4397"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/lifetremedal.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12049,"href":"https:\/\/lifetremedal.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4397\/revisions\/12049"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifetremedal.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifetremedal.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}