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Anse Quitor Nature Reserve is a 34 ha nature reserve on the island of
It is located in the south-west of the island, on the Anse Quitor peninsula, near to the Airport, and right beside the Francois Leguat Reserve. The landscape is near the coast, close to sea-level, and relatively dry. The vegetation grows on limestone and coral based soils.
It is not yet open to the public. Intensive rehabilitation efforts are ongoing, with thousands of endemic plant species planted. Some of the rare species found in the reserve include ''
Anse Quitor Nature Reserve is a 34 ha nature reserve on the island of Rodrigues
Rodrigues ( ; Mauritian Creole, Creole: ) is a Autonomous administrative division, autonomous Outer islands of Mauritius, outer island of the Republic of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, about east of Mauritius. It is part of the Mascarene Isl ...
, established in 1996, and preserving one of the sole surviving pieces of the island's coastal ecosystem.
Description
It is located in the south-west of the island, on the Anse Quitor peninsula, near to the Airport, and right beside the Francois Leguat Reserve. The landscape is near the coast, close to sea-level, and relatively dry. The vegetation grows on limestone and coral based soils.
It is not yet open to the public. Intensive rehabilitation efforts are ongoing, with thousands of endemic plant species planted. Some of the rare species found in the reserve include ''Zanthoxylum paniculatum
''Zanthoxylum'' is a genus of about 250 species of deciduous and evergreen trees, shrubs and climbers in the Family (biology), family Rutaceae that are native to warm temperate and Subtropics, subtropical areas worldwide. It is the type gen ...
'' and ''Polyscias rodriguesiana
''Polyscias rodriguesiana'' (formerly ''Gastonia rodriguesiana'', locally known as "bois blanc") is a rare species of plant in the family Araliaceae.
Habitat
It is endemic to the island of Rodrigues, in Mauritius. It used to occur throughout Ro ...
''.
References
Nature reserves of Rodrigues {{Mauritius-geo-stub