{"id":4841,"date":"2014-10-01T08:00:46","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T06:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifetremedal.eu\/?page_id=4841"},"modified":"2023-02-10T15:54:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T14:54:37","slug":"vega-de-comeya","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lifetremedal.eu\/en\/wetlands\/vega-de-comeya\/","title":{"rendered":"Vega de Comeya"},"content":{"rendered":"

Enclave Name:<\/strong> Comeya Plain\u00a0\u00a0\"Panorama<\/a>
\nCategories of protection:<\/strong> The enclave is built into the SCI and SPA ES1200001 Picos de Europa (Asturias), within the National Park and Biosphere Reserve of the Picos de Europa.
\nLocation:<\/strong> La Vega de Comeya is located in the Asturian municipality of Cangas de Onis.
\nRegion:<\/strong> Asturias.
\nCoordinate Reference:<\/strong> 30TUN3894
\nWetland area:<\/strong> 59 hectares
\nAltitude:<\/strong>\u00a0840 meters<\/p>\n

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La Vega de Comeya is a closed basin surrounded by steep slopes, which rests on a fairly waterproof substrate. It is a polje that adapts to the area\u2019s tectonic structures, preparing its major axis parallel to the direction of the fault<\/b>.<\/h5>\n

A small stream runs by the plain, which collects water from the surrounding hillsides and valleys and flows into a gulley in the Northwestern end of the valley.
\nThe geographical position of Comeya establishes a climatology marked by a strong annual precipitation (2000 l) with an even distribution of rain throughout the year, except for a slight inflection in the summer, heavy snow in the winter and frequent fog in the summer, which determine low insolation and thermal insufficiency. Moreover, the intense karstification in the massif coordinates with the availability of water in some areas of the plain.
\nBiogeographically, this enclave is located in the transition between the territories of oceanic influence (Cantabrian-Atlantic subprovince) and more continentalized areas of the Cantabrian Mountains (subprovince Orocantabrica), although the presence of species and\u00a0 as Erica mackaiana <\/i>and communities such as\u00a0 Erico mackaianae-Sphagnetum papillosi<\/i> allows consideration as Cantabrian-Atlantic areas.
\nMost of the environment consists of rocky slopes of\u00a0 carboniferous limestone covered by\u00a0 gorse of Genista occidentalis<\/i> and G. legionensis, while the Northern flank of the polje is a quartzite hillside carpeted with heather, among which cervunales\u00a0 develop and peaty areas which reach zones with increased surface runoff. The flat bottom of the basin is occupied by more or less flooded grasslands, small ponds and sphagnum bogs.<\/p>\n

MORE RELEVANT FEATURES<\/dt>

Singularity<\/span><\/strong>
\nThe Comeya peatlands constitute the largest peat-bog system of the Picos de Europa National Park.<\/p>\n

Biologic and Ecologic Features<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe most prominent element of the environment system is the bog system that developes in the central zone of the Comeya basin, constituted, together with other hygrophilous communities, by sphagnum bogs includible in the Erico mackaianae-Sphagnetum papillosi<\/i> association. These peatlands, the most extensive in the LIC, and Picos de Europa National Park and Biosphere Reserve, represent the habitat 7130 Peatlands of coverage, of priority in this enclave for their conditions as active peatlands.<\/p>\n

Geomorphological Features<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Comeya basin is modeled mainly on limestone rocks of carboniferous age (Valdeteja and Picos de Europa formations), some superior coal- producing clastic materials (So\u00f1\u00edn Formation) and, on the North bank, on a unit of quartzites the Ordov\u00edcida age (Barrios Formation). The origin of basin is associated with a network of fractures, including two direction errors WNW-ESE that constitute the Northern and Southern limits of the basin that elevate the Northern and Southern margins of the basin. Karst processes have been developed around this tectonic model and glaciers giving the current configuration of the form, which can be defined as polje, characterized by the presence of a small channel whose waters discharge into a sump or ponor.<\/p>\n

Historic and Paleo-ecological Features<\/span><\/strong>
\nThe Comeya basin is filled with up to 57 m of sediments contained in a depression whose substrate is composed of limestone, clay and quartzite rock. The floors are of different nature responding to the complex history of the basin. Thus, much of the filler is made of red clay from the dissolution of limestone, occupying the central area of the tray. The moraine gravel carried by the torrent of Enol have generated stony soils (regosols) in the Southern area of the basin, while developed quartzite hillside colluvium on the Northern flank generated brown soils. Peat deposits, which reach 5m thick, are located in the central zone of the basin and generate a surface of histosols. The speed with which the mountain ecosystems respond, particularly lakes and peat depressions, to fluctuations in temperature and humidity make them an invaluable archive for studying the changes in climate. In particular, the lacustrine facies of the Comeya filler save data on episodes of erosion and runoff associated with deglaciation. Previous surveys show the existence of burned vegetation, dated at 40,000 years old, 35 feet deep and covered by lacustrine deposits. Moreover, the base of the peat at depth of 5 m has been dated to 8,350 years, when the basin ceased to be a lake.<\/p>\n

Habitats of Community Interest<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
C\u00f3digo Natura 2000<\/strong><\/td>\nDenominaci\u00f3n<\/strong><\/td>\nPrioritario<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4020<\/td>\nBrezales h\u00famedos atl\u00e1nticos de zonas templadas de\u00a0Erica ciliaris<\/em>\u00a0y\u00a0Erica tetralix<\/em><\/td>\n*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4030<\/td>\nBrezales secos europeos<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4090<\/td>\nBrezales oromediterr\u00e1neos end\u00e9micos con aulagas<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6210<\/td>\nPrados secos seminaturales y facies de matorral sobre sustratos calc\u00e1reos (Festuco-Brometalia<\/i>)<\/td>\n*(Importantes sitios de orqu\u00eddeas)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6230<\/td>\nFormaciones herbosas con\u00a0Nardus<\/i>, con numerosas especies, sobre sustratos sil\u00edceos de zonas monta\u00f1osas<\/td>\n*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7130<\/td>\nTurberas de cobertura<\/td>\n*(Turberas activas)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7140<\/td>\nCi\u00e9nagas de transici\u00f3n y tremedales<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8210<\/td>\nLaderas rocosas calc\u00e1reas con vegetaci\u00f3n casmof\u00edtica<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Habitats According to Other Classifications: Phytosociological or Others<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
C\u00f3digo Natura 2000<\/strong><\/td>\nC\u00f3digo INH<\/strong><\/td>\nSintax\u00f3n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4020<\/td>\n302023<\/td>\nGentiano pneumonanthes-Ericetum mackaianae<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4030<\/td>\n303043<\/td>\nDaboecio cantabricae-Ulicetum gallii<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4090<\/td>\n309053<\/td>\nLithodoro diffusae-Genistetum legionensis<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4090<\/td>\n309054<\/td>\nLithodoro diffusae-Genistetum occidentalis<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6210<\/td>\n521227<\/td>\nBrachypodio rupestris-Seselietum cantabrici<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6230<\/td>\n523012<\/td>\nNardo strictae-Caricetum binervis<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7130<\/td>\n613012<\/td>\nCalluno vulgaris-Sphagnetum capillifolii<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7130<\/td>\n613016<\/td>\nErico mackaianae-Sphagnetum papillosi<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7140<\/td>\n614010<\/td>\nRhynchosporion albae<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8210<\/td>\n72119D<\/td>\nSaxifragetum paniculato-trifurcatae<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Flora<\/span><\/strong>
\nIn the floristic aspect it is worthwhile to mention various types of sphagnum (Sphagnum mosses) that structure the peat bog and the presence of arnica (Arnica montana subsp. Atlantica), as all of them are recorded in the Habitats Directive as species that may be object of management.<\/p>\n

Fauna<\/span><\/strong>
\nSome of the taxocene of the Comeya meadow have been inventoried, as with leeches , of which two species can be found: Haemopis sanguisuga<\/i> and Trocheta bykowskii<\/i>. 10 species of dragonflies have also been found, including Aeshna juncea<\/i>, listed as a vulnerable species statewide. The crayfish Austropotamobius italicus<\/i> has been artificially introduced into the streams of the meadow but it seems to have disappeared from it few years ago. There are also artificially introduced trout and minnows. Most natural seems to be the amphibian taxocene in which five species are highlighted: the spotted salamander (Salamandra salamandra lavish \/ bernardezi<\/i>), the alpine newt (Mesotriton alpestris<\/i>), the palmate newt (Lissotriton helveticus<\/i>), the common toad (Alytes obstetricans<\/i>) and the common frog (Rana temporaria<\/i>). Common lizards (Lacerta vivipara) are also found in this habitat and among the birds which most directly use the peat land, the common teal (Anas crecca<\/i>) and snipe (Gallinago gallinago<\/i>) stand out. Aside from the livestock, the mammal that can most affect the conservation of the peat land is the boar although it enters the wetland little.<\/p>\n<\/dd>

PHOTOS<\/dt>

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

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

\"Erica<\/a><\/p>\n<\/dd><\/dl>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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