The Sevilleja mountain range is highly valuable from the geological point of view: “geomorphologically, the Toledo Mountains are characterised by their “Appalachian†profile, of great scientific interest, both by the age of its rocks and tectonic organisation as by the complexity and duration of their morphogenesisâ€(Official Red Natura 2000 Form for SCI ES4250005). This is an area in which the vegetation and fauna of the central region are exceptionally well preserved due to iiits environmental conditions. It is a territory inhabited by species at risk of extinction such as the Iberian Imperial Eagle or the Black Vulture. Leisure use in valuable microhabitats must be regulated because the environmental impacts generated may place its conversation at risk.
Rincón del Torozo
A Chiroptera haven located in the Altamira mountain range, where the Jara Greenway ends. Highly significant because it houses the largest winter colony of cave bats (Miniopterus scherebeirsi) in the Iberian Peninsula.
The Micropreserve is protected within the threatened flora section. Its special humidity and temperature conditions have made it possible to preserve Eurosiberian species and vegetation formations, as well as some which are characteristic of ocean or even subtropical climates. These isolated manifestations are the last remains of vegetation formations whcih developed in climate conditions which are no longer found in the territory, and which can therefore be classified as veritable relics of the laurel forests that populated the penÃnsula 300 million years ago.
Of particular interest in this flora is the loro, a species dating back to the Tertiary, which appears in the micropreserve in bushes or individually, at the bottom of the gorde, near the river, or on the nearby rocks.
