Description
The slopes are covered with vast forests of conifers (spruce and larch, with nuclei of stone pine) and broadleaf trees (beech), interrupted by meadow clearings. On valley floors and glacial cirque shelves, peat bogs and ponds are frequent. Beyond the forest boundary, alpine pastures are widespread everywhere.
Habitats of special interest included in Annex I of Directive 92/43/EEC are present, in particular: Calamagrostio villosae - Abietetum and Galio odorati - Abietetum.
The site is of relevant national and/or provincial interest for the presence and reproduction of endangered animal species, important glacial relicts, exclusive and/or typical of the Alps. Frequent in the woods and clearings are encounters with alpine fauna represented in particular by the Chamois, Marmot, Roe Deer, Ptarmigan, Black Grouse and Capercaillie. In addition to the tetraonidae, the presence of the golden eagle, nocturnal birds of prey such as the little dwarf owl and the red-crowned owl, as well as picids such as the black and grey woodpecker are of note.
Annex 2 invertebrate species associated with forests in good natural condition are present.