Iċ-Ċagħaq (l/o Mġarr)

This Natura 2000 area holds a small group of native Sandarac gum trees (għargħar), which is the Maltese national tree. The site appears to accommodate the second-largest population of this species in the Maltese islands. The trees, discovered for the...

This Natura 2000 area holds a small group of native Sandarac gum trees (għargħar), which is the Maltese national tree. The site appears to accommodate the second-largest population of this species in the Maltese islands. The trees, discovered for the first time in 2007, are situated at the edge of an escarpment of the area known as Tal-Ġnejna.

The area has been scheduled since 1996 as an Area of Ecological Importance and has also been declared as a Special Area of Conservation of International Importance under the Flora, Fauna and Natural Habitats Protection Regulations, 2006 (Legal Notice 311 of 2006).

Mepa declared this site as a Tree Protected Area on May 24 in accordance with the provisions of the Trees and Woodlands Protection Regulations (2011) as per Government Notice number 473/11.

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