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This Oasis, affiliated with the WWF, covers a coastal area of about 123 acres in Marina di Grosseto, a strip of coast between the sea and Diaccia Botrona Regional Reserve. Within this area, there is an ancient pine forest planted to stem the spread of malaria, as well as territories covered by the Mediterranean scrub and the very dune eco-system.

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The Oasis is largely occupied by the forest of maritime pines and stone pines planted in the second half of the XIX century; the undergrowth is made of a luxuriant scrub with myrtle, mastic, phillyrea, Mediterranean buckthorn, cistus, cytinus hypocistis, and juniper. The humid environment comes from the stream of San Leopoldo which looks like a small coastal lake on the southern side of the Oasis. The dune area is constantly evolving and it features the typical common smilax (Smilax aspera), European Marram Grass (Ammophila arenaria), and sea daffodils (Pancratium maritimum).