Description: Ymittos is a long but narrow mountain (total length 20 Km), with its highest peak reaching at 1026 m. An intense but short gorge separates the northern part of the mountain from the southern. The commonest rock of northern Ymittos is the schist, while limestones can also be found particularly at the southern and western parts of the mountain. This explains the lack of springs, which can only be found at those parts of the site, where the two kinds of rock overlap. Occasionally, there are massif layers of marble under the schist. The annual precipitation ranges from 400 to 600 mm. Finally, the site of Ymittos includes a great number of small and large caves. The maquis vegetation of the site consists of low individuals of Quercus coccifera.

Habitat Types: Juniperus phoenicea arborescent matorral, Diss-dominated garrigues, Aegean phrygana (Sarcopoterium spinosum), Caves not open to the public, Submerged or partly submerged sea caves, Mediterranean pine forests with endemic Mesogean pines.

Plant Species: -

Animal Species: Rhinolophus hipposideros, Rhinolophus blasii, Testudo hermanni, Testudo marginata, Elaphe situla.

Other important species:	-Flora: 39B, 7D
	-Fauna: 1A,15B, 8C,8D

Impacts/Activities:	-Positive: -
	-Neutral: 500 (IN) / 500, 502, 505, 511, 600 (AR)
	-Negative: 100, 140, 162, 230, 241, 250, 390, 401, 402, 421, 424, 948 (IN) 390, 400, 401, 410, 421, 422, 424 (AR)

Protection Status:	-National and Regional level: Aesthetic Forest, Game refuge
	-International level: -

Significance: It is essential for the improvement of life quality in the urban areas to act towards the conservation of wild nature that might be neighbouring the urban areas in question. This is the case for the request for conservation of the natural habitats and the wild nature in general of Mt. Ymittos. Despite the fact that the natural ecosystems of the mountain have more of less been affected by human pressure, a well-organised and ecologically sound management plan will certainly contribute towards the conservation and enrichment of its wild life. Although not few people regard Ymittos as an area for waste deposits or as a land to host new settlements, the wild life of the mountain still survives any type of pressure and does not stop to surprise us by a biodiversity unique for a mountain so close