Cehei Pond

Cehei Pond
Balta Cehei
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Location within Romania
Location	Romania Sălaj County
Nearest city	Șimleu Silvaniei
Coordinates	47°16′01″N 22°45′18″E / 47.267°N 22.755°E / 47.267; 22.755[1]
Area	18.20 hectares (45.0 acres)
Established	2000[2]

Cehei Pond Nature Reserve (Romanian: Balta Cehei) is situated in north-western Romania, in Crasna river floodplain, in Sălaj County^[3] and is a protected area with aquatic vegetation and fauna specific to such area.

Birds: little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus), mallard (Anas platyrhinchos), great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus), white stork (Ciconia ciconia), common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus);

Frogs: yellow-bellied toad (Bombina veriegata), European fire-bellied toad (Bombina bomina);

Reptiles: European green lizard (Lacerta viridis)^[4]

The Cehei Pond represents a very favorable place for the development of highly diverse flora, with numerous rare species.

Tree species: grey willow (Salix cinerea), black alder (Alnus glutinosa), goat willow (Salix caprea);

Species of grass: Hydrocharis (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae), Scutellaria galericulata (Scutellaria galericulata var. epilobiifolia), Ranunculus sceleratus (Ranunculus sceleratus L.), Utricularia vulgaris (Utricularia vulgaris L.), Phragmites (Phragmites australis), Typha (Typha latifolia), Utricularia vulgaris (Utricularia vulgaris L.).^[5]

• Lapiș Forest

• Cehei Pond Natural Reserve (in English, Hungarian, and Romanian)

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  Scutellaria galericulata
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  Common moorhen
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  European green lizard