Flora and fauna

Fauna

Formentera is characterised by the presence of different species of birds, reptiles and beetles, and by the presence of varied water life in wetlands and torrents.

These groups are highlighted because of their general importance and because of some very valuable species, as well as because they show interesting endemic varieties, as with lizards and various groups of invertebrates.

Vegetation

Nowadays, Formentera's wild vegetation is characterised by the dominance of pine and thuriferous juniper woods of P. halepensis and J. Phoenicea in forest habitats, in different states of succession and conservation, accompanied by a bush stratum showing different variants depending on the local microclimate and soil conditions.

At the same time, the abandonment of traditional agricultural activities has meant the reforestation of broad areas showing more or less developed woodland, with the presence of agricultural tree species.

Steep coasts and cliffs are dominated by endemic communities of "fonoll marí" and "saladins", giving way to the Crithmo-Limonietum association. Endemic communities with a very high ecological value develop on some north-facing coastal strips of a certain height, such as, for example, that to the south-east of La Mola.

The abundant presence of typical mobile and semi-mobile dune communities, such as Medicagini marinae – Ammophiletum arundinaceae and Lotus cretici – Crucianelletum maritimae, should also be highlighted.