Rhinog

Site details

Location of Rhinog SAC/SCI/cSAC

Country	Wales
Unitary Authority	Gwynedd
Centroid*	SH649297
Latitude	52 50 52 N
Longitude	04 00 18 W
SAC EU code	UK0012945
Status	Designated Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
Area (ha)	3144.53
* This is the approximate central point of the SAC. In the case of large, linear or composite sites, this may not represent the location where a feature occurs within the SAC.
General site character Inland water bodies (standing water, running water) (1%) Bogs. Marshes. Water fringed vegetation. Fens (5%) Heath. Scrub. Maquis and garrigue. Phygrana (75%) Dry grassland. Steppes (8%) Humid grassland. Mesophile grassland (3%) Improved grassland (3%) Broad-leaved deciduous woodland (4%) Inland rocks. Screes. Sands. Permanent snow and ice (1%) Boundary map and associated biodiversity information on the NBN Gateway. Natura 2000 data form for this site as submitted to Europe (PDF format, size 30kb).

Note:

When undertaking an appropriate assessment of impacts at a site, all features of European importance (both primary and non-primary) need to be considered.

Annex I habitats that are a primary reason for selection of this site

4030 European dry heaths

Rhinog is representative of upland European dry heaths in Wales. On shady slopes, the site contains what is considered to be the best development of H21 Calluna vulgaris – Vaccinium myrtillus – Sphagnum capillifolium heath outside Scotland. Other NVC types represented include H8 Calluna vulgaris – Ulex gallii, H10 Calluna vulgaris – Erica cinerea, and H12 Calluna vulgaris – Vaccinium myrtillus heaths.

91A0 Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in the British Isles

Rhinog in north Wales contains high-quality examples of old sessile oak woods. This woodland is continuous with that in the adjacent Coedydd Derw a Safleoedd Ystlumod Meirion/ Meirionnydd Oakwoods and Bat Sites, and is best considered with that site.

Annex I habitats present as a qualifying feature, but not a primary reason for selection of this site

3130 Oligotrophic to mesotrophic standing waters with vegetation of the Littorelletea uniflorae and/or of the Isoëto-Nanojuncetea

4010 Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix

4060 Alpine and Boreal heaths

7130 Blanket bogs * Priority feature

7150 Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion

Annex II species that are a primary reason for selection of this site

Not applicable.

Annex II species present as a qualifying feature, but not a primary reason for site selection

1831 Floating water-plantain Luronium natans

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