Description
The area is almost entirely covered by a mixed forest within which no less than 21 wetlands are found, located precisely in the basins mentioned above. The biotope thus takes on a highly original landscape aspect, very rare in Trentino.
The woodland consists mainly of a pine forest of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and heather (Erica carnea), which also contains some broadleaf trees and, in the south-eastern portion, of the mountain spruce forest (Picea excelsa).
The wetlands are marshes or peat bogs generally of modest size. Some of them used to be of interest for peat extraction, which can be up to 2 or 3 metres thick here.
Each wetland basin, by virtue of its physical characteristics, is home to special flora and vegetation, often including rare or very rare species.
Taken together, therefore, they give the biotope an extraordinary environmental variability and a very rich array of different natural elements.
This area has a remarkable wealth of species, especially with regard to Amphibians, Reptiles and Birds.