Maranchón, Hoz del Mesa and Aragoncillo Parameras

RN 2000 ZEPA code: ES0000094.

Extension: 44,471 ha.

RN 2000 LIC code: ES4240017.

Extension: 49,442 ha.

Name: Maranchón, Hoz del Mesa and Aragoncillo Parameras.

Province: Guadalajara.

Municipal Terms: Algar de Mesa, Anguita, Anquela del Ducado, Ciruelos del Pinar, Corduente, Establés, Luzón, Maranchón, Mazarete, Milmarcos, Mochales, Riba de Saelices, Selas, Tartanedo and Villel de Mesa.

Characteristic habitat: moors with juniper forest (Juniperus thurifera). Cambronales. Rodeno pine forests (Pinus pinaster). Rebollares, gall oaks, holm oaks, juniper forests and siliceous bushes. Riparian communities: willow groves, poplar groves, reed groves. Mediterranean meadows. Substeppic areas. Limestone cliffs.

Outstanding values and most representative and unique species: steppe birds: Dupont's lark, curlew, little bustard, field pipit, lark. Rock birds: griffon vulture, Egyptian vulture, golden eagle, peregrine falcon, red-billed chough. Mammals: otter. Cyprinids of interest. Rupicolous flora species, glericol communities, ledges (chasmophytes) and oozing walls.

Other protection figures: this place contacts the adjacent SPA and SCI of the Lagunas and Parameras of the Señorío de Molina and with the SPA and SCI of Alto Tajo.

Recommended time of visit and other recommendations: spring and summer. Good access and infrastructure for visiting
Maranchon.