PROTECTED AREA OF ARAD COUNTY

Abstract

Arad county attract tourists attention through the multitude and variety of its natural resources. The  forms of relief, hydrography, flora and fauna species provide to the county the quality of tourist area. Almost without exception, the most important 10 dendrologic parks and 24 natural reserves in Arad County belong to the old mansion or castles, built in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Nature lovers, as a sign of recognizing the importance of forest for the balance of natural ecosystems or from the desire to have outstanding gardens, the former owners have brought various ornamental and native species, some of particular interest in terms of landscape or scientific purposes (ginkgo, sequoia, Cedrus, Taxodium) or others which are protected by law, such as yew. With over 161 ha, these parks and reserves are located along Mures River at Odvos, Săvârşin, Petris, Capalnas, Bulci, Neudorf, in the basin of Crişul Alb at Gurahonţ and Mocrea and in the plain area at Mănăştur and Mace.