Ta’ Baldu/Wied Ħażrun area (l/o Rabat)

The Ta’ Baldu and Wied Ħażrun area supports one of the four forest remnants of the Maltese islands, based on a small number of holm oak trees (ballut). Although the area has been vandalised in the early 1990s, the area is important for a number of...

The Ta’ Baldu and Wied Ħażrun area supports one of the four forest remnants of the Maltese islands, based on a small number of holm oak trees (ballut). Although the area has been vandalised in the early 1990s, the area is important for a number of other species, including the very rare evergreen rose (girlanda tal-wied), the hoary rock-rose (ċistu roża) and a number of fungi known from the area, including the rare stinkhorn (faqqiegħ).

A small number of native white poplar specimens (luq), are also found in the area, as well as a large, originally planted, individual pecan nut tree (ġewż tal-pekan) specimen.

The site was scheduled in 1996 as an area of ecological importance and is protected as a nature reserve and a special area of conservation of international importance. It is also a Natura 2000 site.

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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