The area is a well-preserved wooded landscape that features dense hedges which shelter old trees whose pollarding has allowed cavities to appear in these trees, suitable for certain types of insects. The area is mostly agricultural with 5 % being scrubland and the remaining 5% being forested. It is spread across 27 different communes all within the
Orne department; •
Almenêches •
Champ-Haut •
Cisai-Saint-Aubin •
Coulmer •
Croisilles •
Échauffour •
La Ferrière-au-Doyen •
Gacé •
Ginai •
Gouffern en Auge •
Lignères •
Mahéru •
Merlerault-le-Pin •
Moulins-la-Marche •
Ménil-Froger •
Ménil-Hubert-en-Exmes •
Le Ménil-Vicomte •
Orgères •
Le Pin-au-Haras •
Planches •
Résenlieu •
Saint-Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois •
Saint-Evroult-de-Montfort •
Saint-Germain-de-Clairefeuille •
Saint-Pierre-des-Loges •
Sainte-Gauburge-Sainte-Colombe •
La Trinité-des-Laitiers ==Conservation==