Masi Carretta

Special Area of Conservation (SAC)

A small basin of glacial exaction in the Tesino (eastern Trentino), with a transitional peat bog, which at its centre contains a residual pond, progressively invaded by sphagnum mosses. The outer edge of the peat bog is occupied by a strip of spruce forest, developed on peat (a rare example of alpine taiga).

Provincial nature reserve

The two peat bogs that make up the nature reserve originated from the filling in of two adjoining basins, the larger of which still retains a small residual pool of water in its central area.

The reserve is also a Special Area of Conservation. Nearby are the local reserves Masi Carretta and Pezzabosco.