Lake of Mouths

Special Protection Area - SPA

The Lagorai mountain chain, located in the Central Alps, represents one of the least anthropised areas in the entire Alpine arc.
The perimeter of the SPA includes a vast area between Val di Fiemme and Valsugana, the Paneveggio-Pale di San Martino Nature Park (subdivided into 6 SCIs) and 7 other SCIs: Valle del Vanoi, Val Campelle, Brocon Pass, Val Cadino, Valfloriana wetland, Lago delle Buse and Catena di Lagorai.
The area is particularly varied both from a purely geological and geographical-environmental point of view.
The most relevant part of the SPA consists of the Lagorai porphyry massif, composed of a succession of ridges and peaks, with vast rocky environments and high-altitude grasslands.
The easternmost part includes the limestone-marly reliefs of the Costazza-Castellazzo and the dolomite complex of the Pale di San Martino, characterised by an elevated glaciocarpic plateau that precipitates with spires and precipices towards the Valle del Cismon and Val Canali.
Also included in the SPA are the porphyry chain between the Valles Pass and the Lusia Pass, the high basin of the Travignolo torrent and, to the south, the granite complex of the Cima d'Asta.
Priority habitat 6210 (wonderful orchid blooms) present only in traces.

Special Area of Conservation (SAC)

The site includes the porphyry chain between Passo Valles and Passo Lusia and its regular southern slope as far as Torrente Travignolo, as well as the stretch of the Lagorai porphyry chain east of Forcella Cece as far as Passo Rolle, the Scanaiol subgroup, the Valsorda and the upper Valzanca.
The spruce forest fades high up into the cembreta, above which lie the alpine meadows and the ridge and summit environments. There are a few mountain pastures, some of which are still mounded. A few alpine lakes add to the landscape.