Habitat «Palm groves with Phoenix»



The Micro-Reserve of Phoenix theophrasti is established in the locality Aspri Limni, Chrysoskalitissa (NATURA 2000, GR 4340015) and encompasses most of the sub-population that occurs at the westernmost edge of the species' world distribution. The micro-reserve is located at the northern part of the population, extends till the beach of the lagoon Aspri Limni and covers the littoral zone as well. The surface of the micro-reserve is 8 ha and occurs at an altitude of 0-10 m. The micro-reserve covers a rocky calcareous coast with phryganic and halophilous vegetation.