{"id":4855,"date":"2014-10-01T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T06:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifetremedal.eu\/?page_id=4855"},"modified":"2023-02-10T15:57:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T14:57:02","slug":"vega-de-liordes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lifetremedal.eu\/en\/wetlands\/vega-de-liordes\/","title":{"rendered":"Vega de Liordes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><b>Enclave name<\/b>:<\/strong>\u00a0Liordes meadow<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifetremedal.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/vista-general.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"vista general\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lifetremedal.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/vista-general-300x225.jpg\" width=\"330\" height=\"247\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><b>Protection Categories<\/b>:<\/strong>\u00a0The enclave is integrated in the SCI and SPA ES0000003 Picos de Europa (Castilla y Le\u00f3n), within the Picos de Europa National Park and Biosphere Reserve.<br \/>\n<strong><b>Location<\/b>:<\/strong>\u00a0The Liordes meadow is located in the munipal Posada de Valde\u00f3n, province of Le\u00f3n.<br \/>\n<strong>Region:<\/strong> Castilla y Le\u00f3n.<br \/>\n<strong><b>Reference coordinate<\/b>:<\/strong> 30TUN5079<br \/>\n<strong><b>Surface of the wetland<\/b>:<\/strong> 35 hectares<br \/>\n<strong>Altitude:<\/strong> 1.880 metres<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"hr hr-dotted\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h5>The Liordes meadow is a glaciokarstic depression associated with a fault, surrounded by limestone walls that reach heights of 2200-2400 meters. In connection with the fault hydrothermal advancement occurred leading to zinc deposits exploited in the past.<\/h5>\n<p>The enclave has a mountain climate, conditioned by its geographical location, in the heart of the Picos de Europa, and its high altitude (1800 m).<br \/>\nThe meadow is in the subalpine (thermotype orotemplado) and is crossed by a small stream, only active in the central massif of the Picos de Europa stream channel, allowing the development of herbaceous communities that do not wither in the summer. The bottom of the basin, with smooth edges and flat in the central area, is carpeted with an extensive Cervunal, dotted with patches of flat peatlands developed around the trails. These grasses and wetlands starkly contrast with the vertical limestone walls that surround them, in which communities of cracks and ledges and scrub develop dominated by endemic gorse <i>Genista Legionensis<\/i>.<\/p>\n<dl class=\"accordion\"><dt>MORE RELEVANT FEATURES<\/dt><dd><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Singularity<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nIn Liordes the largest system of flat eutrophic peatlands of the LIC, Picos de Europe National Park and Biosphere Reserve is concentrated, and it includes one of the two known populations of Salix hastatella subsp. picoeuropeana, endemic taxon of this mountain range.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Biologic and Ecologic Features<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nThe aspect that stands out most is the set of hygrophilous and peat formations that develop around the small stream that runs along the bottom of the karst depression and areas of upwelling water. They are flat peatlands in whose composition several sedges are involved (<i>Carex sp.pl.<\/i>) and rushes (<i>Juncus sp.pl<\/i>.), and in which several endemic species are present, in addition to small ponds with aquatic vegetation dominated by <i>Callitriche palustris<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Geomorphological Features<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nThe geological substrate of depression Liordes consists entirely of rocks of carboniferous age: limestones of the Picos de Europa, representing the rocky masses that surround the basin, and a formation of shale, limestone and sandstone called The Lebe\u00f1a Formation, that appear in the central area of the enclave. On the Northern edge of the basin a fualt runs in the WNW-ESE dirction, the Liordes fault, which seems to be responsible for the elevation of the limestone and the development of the basin. The filling of the depression is varied with clay shale deposits on the central region, while the margins are recognized glacial deposits, torrential and different slope deposits. These deposits are a testament to the mixed origin of the basin, a result of tectonic, glacial and karst processes.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Historic and Paleo-ecological Features<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nOf glaciok\u00e1rstico origin, Liordes is a polje caused by the overriding contact between the limestone and the Lebe\u00f1a Formation materials. The basin caused is filled with decalcification clays, generating red clay soils on calcareous soils and debris (regosols) bordering depression. Regarding the hydrological conditions, of the the Liordes meadow can be defined as a fen or peatland which is fed primarily by groundwater from numerous sources arising from the limestone in contact with the fault. The waters are concentrated in two small streams that join a ponor located in the SW part. This leads to almost all soil materials being under a regimen of hydric soils, which means that the water level is between 0 and 30 cm during the growth period of the plants in almost all of the basin.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Habitats of Community Interest<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>C\u00f3digo Natura 2000<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Denominaci\u00f3n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Prioritario<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3260<\/td>\n<td>R\u00edos de pisos de planicie a montano con vegetaci\u00f3n de\u00a0<i>Ranunculion fluitantis<\/i>\u00a0 y de\u00a0<i>Callitricho-Batrachion<\/i><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4090<\/td>\n<td>Brezales oromediterr\u00e1neos end\u00e9micos con aulagas<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6210<\/td>\n<td>Prados secos seminaturales y facies de matorral sobre sustratos calc\u00e1reos (<i>Festuco-Brometalia<\/i>)<\/td>\n<td>*(Importantes sitios de orqu\u00eddeas)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6230<\/td>\n<td>Formaciones herbosas con\u00a0<i>Nardus<\/i>, con numerosas especies, sobre sustratos sil\u00edceos de zonas monta\u00f1osas<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">*<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7230<\/td>\n<td>Turberas bajas alcalinas<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8130<\/td>\n<td>Desprendimientos mediterr\u00e1neos occidentales y term\u00f3filos<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8210<\/td>\n<td>Laderas rocosas calc\u00e1reas con vegetaci\u00f3n casmof\u00edtica<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Habitats According to Other Classifications: Phytosociological or Others<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>C\u00f3digo Natura 2000<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>C\u00f3digo INH<sup>1<\/sup><\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Sintax\u00f3n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3260<\/td>\n<td>226010<\/td>\n<td><i>Ranunculion fluitantis<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4090<\/td>\n<td>309053<\/td>\n<td><i>Lithodoro diffusae-Genistetum legionensis<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6210<\/td>\n<td>521227<\/td>\n<td><i>Brachypodio rupestris-Seselietum cantabrici<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6230<\/td>\n<td>514021<\/td>\n<td><i>Polygalo edmundii-Nardetum<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6230<\/td>\n<td>51604B<\/td>\n<td><i>Luzulo carpetanae-Pedicularietum sylvaticae<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7230<\/td>\n<td>623016<\/td>\n<td><i>Pinguiculo grandiflorae-Caricetum lepidocarpae<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8130<\/td>\n<td>721190<\/td>\n<td><i>Saxifragion trifurcato-canaliculatae<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8210<\/td>\n<td>713080<\/td>\n<td><i>Gymnocarpion robertiani<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8210<\/td>\n<td>7130B0<\/td>\n<td><i>Linarion filicaulis<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Flora<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nThe higr\u00f3filos Liordes habitats feature a large cast of interesting flora. So, located here are creeping willow <i>Salix hastatella subsp. picoeuropeana,<\/i> endemism of the Picos de Europa, J<i>uncus balticus subsp. cantabricus<\/i>, Cantabrian endemic, and <i>Pedicularis mixta<\/i>, Pyrenean-Cantabrian endemic. In addition, there are representations of species listed at regional and national levels, such as <i>Potentilla fruticosa, Callitriche palustris, Equisetum variegatum, Swertia perennis<\/i> or <i>Astragalus danicus<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Fauna<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nThe Liordes meadow is at a high altitude, above 1800 meters, which may explain their lower faunal diversity. The invertebrate community is not well known and among the vertebrates only three species of amphibians are found: Alpine newt <i>(Mesotriton alpestris)<\/i>, the common toad <i>(Alytes obstetricans)<\/i> and the grass frog <i>(Rana temporaria)<\/i>. The most abundant mammal that the wetland can reach is the chamois <i>(Rupicapra pyrenaica)<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/dd><dt>PHOTOS<\/dt><dd><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifetremedal.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC03727.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"DSC03727\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lifetremedal.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC03727-300x225.jpg\" width=\"387\" height=\"289\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifetremedal.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/caballos.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"caballos\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lifetremedal.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/caballos-300x225.jpg\" width=\"388\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifetremedal.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/arroyo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"arroyo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lifetremedal.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/arroyo-225x300.jpg\" width=\"390\" height=\"521\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifetremedal.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/vista-general.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"vista general\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lifetremedal.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/vista-general-300x225.jpg\" width=\"401\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifetremedal.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sparganium-angustifolium-Michx.-en-la-Vega-de-Liordes-DN2010-08809.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Stitched Panorama\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lifetremedal.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sparganium-angustifolium-Michx.-en-la-Vega-de-Liordes-DN2010-08809-300x177.jpg\" width=\"397\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifetremedal.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Humedal-Vega-Liordes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Humedal Vega Liordes\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lifetremedal.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Humedal-Vega-Liordes-300x157.jpg\" width=\"373\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/dd><\/dl>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enclave name:\u00a0Liordes meadow Protection Categories:\u00a0The enclave is integrated in the SCI and SPA ES0000003 Picos de Europa (Castilla y Le\u00f3n), within the Picos de Europa National Park and Biosphere Reserve. Location:\u00a0The Liordes meadow is located in the munipal Posada de Valde\u00f3n, province of Le\u00f3n. Region: Castilla y Le\u00f3n. Reference coordinate: 30TUN5079 Surface of the wetland: [&hellip;]<\/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-4855","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifetremedal.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4855","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=4855"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lifetremedal.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12091,"href":"https:\/\/lifetremedal.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4855\/revisions\/12091"}],"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=4855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}