Harmankaya Nature Park | |
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Harmankaya Tabiat Parkı | |
Location | Termal, Yalova Province, Turkey |
Coordinates | 40°34′32″N 29°08′59″E / 40.57556°N 29.14972°E |
Area | 1 ha (2.5 acres) |
Established | July 11, 2011 |
Governing body | Directorate-General of Nature Protection and National Parks Ministry of Environment and Forest |
Harmankaya Nature Park ( Turkish: Harmankaya Tabiat Parkı) is a nature park located in Termal district of Yalova Province, northwestern Turkey. [1]
Harmanlı Nature Park is located 18 km (11 mi) to Yalova, 6 km (3.7 mi) to Termal and 5 km (3.1 mi) to Üvezpınar village, and situated south of Termal district on the road between Üvezpınar and Sudüşen Waterfall close to the provincial border to Bursa. The area covering 1 ha (2.5 acres), which formerly had a registered recreational area status, was declared a nature park by the Ministry of Environment and Forest on July 11, 2011. [1] [2]
The protected area is covered mainly by beech ( Fagus orientalis). Other flora of the park are the trees silver linden ( Tilia argentea), sweet chestnut ( Castanea sativa), common hornbeam ( Carpinus betulus), Hungarian oak ( Quercus frainetto), sessile oak ( Quercus petraea) and Turkey oak ( Quercus cerris), as well as the flowering plants greater snowdrop ( Galanthus elwesii), toothpickweed ( Ammi visnaga), Italian arum ( Arum italicum), bellflower (Campanula lyrata), peach-leaved bellflower ( Campanula persicifolia), bladder campion ( Silene vulgaris), leafy goosefoot ( Chenopodium foliosum), nettle-leaved goosefoot ( Chenopodium murale), charlock mustard ( Sinapis arvensis), whitetop ( Lepidium draba), stinkwort ( Inula graveolens), coltsfoot ( Tussilago farfara), golden marguerite ( Anthemis tinctoria), common wormwood ( Artemisia vulgaris), spear thistle ( Cirsium vulgare), musk thistle ( Carduus nutans), yellow star-thistle ( Centaurea solstitialis) and many others. [1]
Observed fauna are the mammals gray wolf, jackal, fox, wild boar, the amphibian frog, the reptiles tortoise, lizard, snake and some bird and songbird species. [1]