EBIO NETWORK
BEIRA LITORAL > Campo Benfeito | Macieira de Alcôba | Merujal | Passadiço do Paiva | Vale do Bestança
BEIRA LITORAL > Campo Benfeito | Macieira de Alcôba | Merujal | Passadiço do Paiva | Vale do Bestança
MerujalMunicipality Arouca
Extension 1,7 km Initial coordinate 40°52'22.52"N; 8°17'29.76"W How to get there? Head to Merujal’s campsite and go towards the pinewoods where you will find the EBIO’s first panel. Short description Merujal Biodiversity Station’s route belongs to the Natura 2000 “Serra da Freita e Arada” site and it coincides with the PR7 – “Nas escarpas da Mizarela”. The station starts in the campsite pinewoods and it crosses the mountain towards Frecha da Mizarela viewing point. On the way down towards the Frecha, when continuing the sighposted route, we can find two more panels with information about species typical from the oak trees forest. |
Authorship Tagis + MUHNAC + cE3c
Support Câmara Municipal de Arouca Funding Arouca Geopark + ADRIMAG + PRODER Links Arouca Geopark
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EMBLEMATIC SPECIES
Butterflies: Crowned Moth (Eurranthis plummistaria), Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus), Western Marbled White (Melanargia occitanica), Large Wall Brown (Lasiommata maera), Comma Butterfly (Polygonia c-album)
Dragonflies: Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo)
Other insects: Pycnogaster jugicola
Other animals: Eresus sp., Carbonell's wall lizard (Podarcis carbonelli)
Flora: White Birch (Betula pubescens), Pedunculate Oak (Quercus robur), Angel's Tears (Narcissus triandrus), Cross-leaved Heath (Erica tetralix)
Butterflies: Crowned Moth (Eurranthis plummistaria), Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus), Western Marbled White (Melanargia occitanica), Large Wall Brown (Lasiommata maera), Comma Butterfly (Polygonia c-album)
Dragonflies: Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo)
Other insects: Pycnogaster jugicola
Other animals: Eresus sp., Carbonell's wall lizard (Podarcis carbonelli)
Flora: White Birch (Betula pubescens), Pedunculate Oak (Quercus robur), Angel's Tears (Narcissus triandrus), Cross-leaved Heath (Erica tetralix)
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