Description
The biotope, which presents itself as a large wet meadow interspersed with gullies and a few ponds, does not possess the extraordinarily interesting botanical or faunal elements of the nearby Fiavé peat bog. Its naturalistic preciousness lies above all in the relative integrity of the environmental components and the extent of the area. Moreover, even the sides of the hills bordering the valley present little anthropisation, as only forest cultivation is practised there.
The vegetation is mostly represented by wet meadows, and more specifically by a herbaceous association dominated by the grass Molinia coerulea. In areas where waterlogging occurs, marsh meadows are widespread, in which swollen sedge (Carex rostrata) grows densely. Interesting aquatic plants live in the ponds and canals, including some caraceous algae and Potamogeton densus.
The fauna in the protected area is not very rich, also in relation to the absence of substantial water collections, which could provide a habitat for various species. However, it is worth mentioning the nesting of some uncommon water birds: the water rail (Rallus aquaticus), the green reed warbler (Acrocephalus palustris) and the marsh bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus).
Publications
- protection and enhancement project
Studies
- naturalistic and cadastral definition project
- periodic avifauna monitoring
- periodic amphibian monitoring
- Scientific Commission studies
