In this space, the dominance of extensive dryland cereal crops provides a home to steppe birds of community interest that require a high degree of conservation.

FLORA AND VEGETATION

Extensive cereal crops occupy almost the entire space. All natural vegetation is restricted to a range of hills on the plateau, especially in the north of the area and the Clot de la Unilla; despite this lack of natural vegetation, the importance of that found in the latter area should be highlighted.

Clot de la Unilla is an endorheic lagoon that is home to some salicornia communities with two habitats of community interest: the stagnant oligo-mesotrophic waters and Mediterranean seasonal pools and ponds.

There are small amounts of French tamarisk and a very rare species of flora in Catalonia, Chara connivens.

WILDLIFE

Most of the wintering population of black-bellied sandgrouse are concentrated in its interior and in the surrounding area, although most can be found outside the protected area.

Also residing outside but very close to the Space is a nesting colony of lesser kestrels. Species such as the little bustard, the western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus), the Montagu's harrier (Circus pygargus), the calandra lark (Melanocorypha calandra) and the Thekla's lark (Galerida theklae) are less prevalent.

The last time the Clot de la Unilla was flooded (1997) up to 90 different bird species were spotted in and around the lagoon.

The flood caused many different water birds to visit and the site became an important wintering location for a large number of birds, some of which are quite common species such as the mallard (Anas platyrynchos) and the Eurasian coot (Fulica atra), which also began nesting there that same year, and the northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).

Other rarer species that wintered here include the northern shoveler (Anas clypeata), the Eurasian teal (A. crecca), the common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna), the pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) and the Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata).

Apart from the species mentioned above, nesting birds in the area include the black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus), the little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) and the common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus).