For Special Protection Areas (SPA),
Proposed Sites for Community Importance (pSCI),
Sites of Community Importance (SCI) and
for Special Areas of Conservation (SAC)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• 1. SITE IDENTIFICATION
• 2. SITE LOCATION
• 3. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION
• 4. SITE DESCRIPTION
• 5. SITE PROTECTION STATUS
• 6. SITE MANAGEMENT
• 7. MAP OF THE SITE

1. SITE IDENTIFICATION

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1.1 Type

B

1.2 Site code

HR2000643

1.3 Site name

Obruč

1.4 First Compilation date

2012-12

1.5 Update date

2015-04

1.6 Respondent:

Name/Organisation:	Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development - MESD
Address:
Email:	zavod@mingor.hr

1.7 Site indication and designation / classification dates

Date site proposed as SCI:	2013-07
Date site confirmed as SCI:	2014-12
Date site designated as SAC:	No information provided
National legal reference of SAC designation:	No information provided

2. SITE LOCATION

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2.1 Site-centre location [decimal degrees]:

Longitude:	14.483933
Latitude:	45.436222

2.2 Area [ha]

2716.9562

2.3 Marine area [%]

0.0000

2.4 Sitelength [km] (optional):

No information provided

2.5 Administrative region code and name

NUTS level 2 code	Region Name
HR03	Jadranska Hrvatska

2.6 Biogeographical Region(s)

Alpine

(0.00 %)

Mediterranean

(0.00 %)

3. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION

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3.1 Habitat types present on the site and assessment for them

Annex I Habitat types						Site assessment
Code	PF	NP	Cover [ha]	Cave [number]	Data quality	A|B|C|D	A|B|C
						Representativity	Relative Surface	Conservation	Global
4060			0	0.00	P	B	C	B	B
4070	X		0	0.00	M	A	B	A	A
6170			0	0.00	M	A	C	A	B
6210	X		0	0.00	M	A	C	B	B
62A0			0	0.00	M	A	C	A	B
8210			0	0.00	P	A	C	A	A

• PF: for the habitat types that can have a non-priority as well as a priority form (6210, 7130, 9430) enter "X" in the column PF to indicate the priority form.
• NP: in case that a habitat type no longer exists in the site enter: x (optional)
• Cover: decimal values can be entered
• Caves: for habitat types 8310, 8330 (caves) enter the number of caves if estimated surface is not available.
• Data quality: G = 'Good' (e.g. based on surveys); M = 'Moderate' (e.g. based on partial data with some extrapolation); P = 'Poor' (e.g. rough estimation)

3.2 Species referred to in Article 4 of Directive 2009/147/EC and listed in Annex II of Directive 92/43/EEC and site evaluation for them

Species					Population in the site						Site assessment
G	Code	Scientific Name	S	NP	T	Size		Unit	Cat.	D.qual.	A|B|C|D	A|B|C
						Min	Max				Pop.	Con.	Iso.	Glo.
P	1473	Aquilegia kitaibelii			p				c	DD	C	A	C	B
A	1167	Triturus carnifex			p				c	DD	C	A	A	A

• Group: A = Amphibians, B = Birds, F = Fish, I = Invertebrates, M = Mammals, P = Plants, R = Reptiles
• S: in case that the data on species are sensitive and therefore have to be blocked for any public access enter: yes
• NP: in case that a species is no longer present in the site enter: x (optional)
• Type: p = permanent, r = reproducing, c = concentration, w = wintering (for plant and non-migratory species use permanent)
• Unit: i = individuals, p = pairs or other units according to the Standard list of population units and codes in accordance with Article 12 and 17 reporting (see reference portal)
• Abundance categories (Cat.): C = common, R = rare, V = very rare, P = present - to fill if data are deficient (DD) or in addition to population size information
• Data quality: G = 'Good' (e.g. based on surveys); M = 'Moderate' (e.g. based on partial data with some extrapolation); P = 'Poor' (e.g. rough estimation); VP = 'Very poor' (use this category only, if not even a rough estimation of the population size can be made, in this case the fields for population size can remain empty, but the field "Abundance categories" has to be filled in)

3.3 Other important species of flora and fauna (optional)

Species					Population in the site				Motivation
Group	CODE	Scientific Name	S	NP	Size		Unit	Cat.	Species Annex		Other categories
					Min	Max		C|R|V|P	IV	V	A	B	C	D
P		Campanula cochlearifolia									X
P		Gentiana lutea ssp. symphyandra									X

• Group: A = Amphibians, B = Birds, F = Fish, Fu = Fungi, I = Invertebrates, L = Lichens, M = Mammals, P = Plants, R = Reptiles
• CODE: for Birds, Annex IV and V species the code as provided in the reference portal should be used in addition to the scientific name
• S: in case that the data on species are sensitive and therefore have to be blocked for any public access enter: yes
• NP: in case that a species is no longer present in the site enter: x (optional)
• Unit: i = individuals, p = pairs or other units according to the standard list of population units and codes in accordance with Article 12 and 17 reporting, (see reference portal)
• Cat.: Abundance categories: C = common, R = rare, V = very rare, P = present
• Motivation categories: IV, V: Annex Species (Habitats Directive), A: National Red List data; B: Endemics; C: International Conventions; D: other reasons

4. SITE DESCRIPTION

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4.1 General site character

Habitat class	% Cover
N08	16.22
N09	27.51
N11	0.57
N16	36.53
N17	1.64
N19	17.53
Total Habitat Cover	100

Other Site Characteristics

Site Obruč is situated in Primorje – Gorski Kotar County north of the city of Rijeka. The mountain cluster Obruč has an unusually rolling relief and landscapes. The mountain cluster also includes Pakleno – a region with a multitude of picturesque, barren, fissured and faded limestone cliffs, and deep karst dolines or frost pockets, interlaced with uncommonly rich forest life with contrasting alternations of hardwood and dark softwood. Mudna Dol, a deep torrent-carved ravine cut into limestone and dolomite rocks, is an additional, geomorphological attraction of the Obruč mountain-cluster. The "bura" wind is an important factor in the formation of vegetation on the slopes of Obruč. Its grassy slopes and ridges are especially exposed to the strong bora wind. The southern and south-eastern slopes of the Obruč cluster are covered in wide pasturelands, in particular, pastures of narrow-leaved moor grass (Sesleria juncifolia). An endemic association of Genisto-Caricetum mucronatae grows on the spots exposed to the strongest gusts of the "bura". The wind, together with the stony, shallow dolomite and limestone soils, prevent these types of grasslands from becoming overgrown by forests. The Obruč Mountain is well preserved, large area with representative sites for a number of NATURA 2000 habitat types: forests, grasslands, heaths and calcareous rocky slopes. It is characterised by great contrasts in vegetation over a fairly small area; especially diverse are its forest communities and its forms of mountain vegetation (rock vegetation). Mountain vegetation such as the pre-alpine spruce forest and the dwarf mountain pine grow in the near vicinity of or, even, within thermophile sub-Mediterranean forests with downy oak and hop hornbeam (for example, the slopes of Čunina Glava at Hahlić); Edelweiss grows within reach of the sea. Lithostratigraphic units represented in this area are: rudist limestones (cenomanian-maastricht - K21-6), eolian sands (pQ2) (holocene-Q2) ect. Soils: limestone and dolomite black soil, brown soil on limestone ect. Area has a complex structure of morphogenetic types of relief and complex orographic structure as a result of dynamic geotectonic relations, hydrogeological conditions, climate and anthropogenic influences; presence of slope processes; mountain area.

4.2 Quality and importance

- important site for Triturus carnifex - important site for habitat types 6170 and 62A0 - important site for priority habitat type 6210*

4.3 Threats, pressures and activities with impacts on the site

The most important impacts and activities with high effect on the site

4.4 Ownership (optional)

No information provided

4.5 Documentation (optional)

Alegro, A., Bogdanović, S., Brana, S., Jasprica, N., Katalinić, A., Kovačić, S., Nikolić, T., Milović, M., Pandža, M., Posavec-Vukelić, V., Randić, M., Ruščić, M., Šegota, V., Šincek, D., Topić, J., Vrbek, M. & Vuković, N. (2010): Botanički važna područja Hrvatske. Školska knjiga, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb. Kletečki, E. (2009): Znanstvena analiza vrsta vodozemaca i gmazova (Triturus carnifex, Triturus dobrogicus, Elaphe quatuorlineata, Zamenis situla i Proteus anguinus) s dodatka II Direktive o zaštiti prirodnih staništa i divlje flore i faune. Hrvatski prirodoslovni muzej, Zagreb. OIKON d.o.o., Institut za primijenjenu ekologiju za Ministarstvo kulture (2004): Karta staništa - Baza podataka (u okviru projekta „Kartiranje staništa RH"). Nikolić, T, Topić, J., Vuković, N. 2010.: Botanički važna područja Hrvatske, Školska knjiga, Zagreb. Horvat, I. (1962): Vegetacija planina zapadne Hrvatske

5. SITE PROTECTION STATUS

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6. SITE MANAGEMENT

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6.1 Body(ies) responsible for the site management:

No information provided

6.2 Management Plan(s):

An actual management plan does exist:

	Yes
	No, but in preparation
X	No

6.3 Conservation measures (optional)

No information provided

 

7. MAP OF THE SITE

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INSPIRE ID:
Map delivered as PDF in electronic format (optional)
Yes X No

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