Serra de Montejunto Protected Landscape

Serra de Montejunto Protected Landscape is a protected landscape in the Montejunto-Estrela mountain range, spanning the municipalities of Alenquer and Cadaval in Lisbon District, Portugal. It is the highest natural viewpoint of Extremadura, rising to 666 metres (2,185 ft) of altitude.[1] The area is part of the Estremenho Limestone Massif. Geologically is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) long and 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) wide, and is rich in caves, sewage ponds and prehistoric fossils.

Serra de Montejunto

Fauna and flora

Serra de Montejunto Protected Landscape is particularly noted for its colony of Miniopterus schreibersi, with a cave in Cadaval being classified as an Important National Bat Roost, with several thousand roosting during the winter months.[2] Flora found in the area include Arabis sadina, Coincya cintrana, Juncus valvatus, Narcissus calcicola and Silene longicilia.[3]

References
  1. "Serra de Montejunto" (in Portuguese). guiadacidade.pt. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  2. "EMERGENCE, RETURN AND ACTIVITY PATTERNS OF MINIOPTERUS SCHREIBERSII AND RHINOLOPHUS SPP. AT CADAVAL BAT ROOST (PORTUGAL)". 14th European Bat Research Symposium. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  3. Espírito-Santo, Maria & Moreira, Ilídio & Rodríguez-González, Patricia (2005). "Vegetation and Landscape of Serra de Montejunto". Quercetea. 7. 81-92. Retrieved 8 April 2019.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)


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