Cehei Pond

Cehei Pond
Balta Cehei
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Map showing the location of Cehei Pond

Location within Romania

Location  Romania
Sălaj County
Nearest city Șimleu Silvaniei
Coordinates 47°16′01″N 22°45′18″E / 47.267°N 22.755°E / 47.267; 22.755[1]Coordinates: 47°16′01″N 22°45′18″E / 47.267°N 22.755°E / 47.267; 22.755[2]
Area 18.20 hectares (45.0 acres)
Established 2000[3]

Cehei Pond Nature Reserve (Romanian: Balta Cehei) is situated in north-western Romania, in Crasna river floodplain, in Sălaj County[4] and is a protected area with aquatic vegetation and fauna specific to such area.

Fauna

Birds: little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus), mallard (Anas platyrhinchos), great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus), white stork (Ciconia ciconia), common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus);

Frogs: yellow-bellied toad (Bombina veriegata), European fire-bellied toad (Bombina bomina);

Reptiles: European green lizard (Lacerta viridis)[5]

Flora

Ranunculus sceleratus (flowers)

The Cehei Pond represents a very favorable place for the development of highly diverse flora, with numerous rare species.

Tree species: grey willow (Salix cinerea), black alder (Alnus glutinosa), goat willow (Salix caprea);

Species of grass: Hydrocharis (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae), Scutellaria galericulata (Scutellaria galericulata var. epilobiifolia), Ranunculus sceleratus (Ranunculus sceleratus L.), Utricularia vulgaris (Utricularia vulgaris L.), Phragmites (Phragmites australis), Typha (Typha latifolia), Utricularia vulgaris (Utricularia vulgaris L.).[6]

See also

References

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