Description
Of great interest is the presence of some rare examples of wet meadows on limestone substrates.
The toponym refers to the pond that existed in the past and was included within the peat bog. This residual pond disappeared with the peat excavation carried out in 1983-1988, which produced a large, irregularly shaped 'basin'. The removal of the peat was not complete, so that a strip of peat remains at the southern edge of the peat bog. This has allowed the current vegetation of the peat bog to be framed, which is of considerable interest as it is located on a carbonate rock substrate.
Although the excavation of the peat bog has considerably altered the original environment of the basin, even today the biotope is of considerable interest due to the presence of some associations with a very localised distribution in Trentino, such as the Schoenetum ferruginei grasslands and the Molinio coeruleaePinetum sylvestris pine forests. The landscape surrounding the peat bog is represented by grasslands, partly wooded with larch (Larix decidua), which were mowed in the past and are now mowed to a more limited extent.
Palaeomesolithic hunter-gatherer sites have been found in the area.