Sierra Nevada Natural and National Park

Sierra Nevada is the most important center of plant diversity in the western Mediterranean and one of the most outstanding in Europe , where the presence of 2353 species of vascular plants has been registered so far, an exceptional figure in our area. Along with this floristic richness, some 20,000 species of invertebrates and 290 species of vertebrates (43 mammals, 123 birds, 20 reptiles, 7 amphibians and 6 fish) have been found in Sierra Nevada so far.