Reed beds, peat bogs and rare blooms along the lakes.
Valsugana holds an extraordinary botanical variety: alpine, Mediterranean and continental species live side by side here. Alongside the woods and flowering meadows, a special role belongs to the wetlands and peat bogs — such as the one at Roncegno, where rare plants grow, among them the round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia), a small carnivorous plant. The valley also shelters protected species such as wild orchids, the martagon lily and the delicate water crowfoot that colours the slower watercourses. A unique natural heritage, to be discovered one pedal stroke at a time.
The reed beds of Valsugana are precious, teeming habitats stretching along the shores of Lakes Levico and Caldonazzo and along the river Brenta. Common reed, growing up to four metres tall, dominates every other species, but among its stems grow bulrushes, sedges and other semi-aquatic plants that turn these spaces into a mosaic of green and natural shelters. These environments are essential to wildlife: many water birds — the grey heron, the Eurasian reed warbler, the great crested grebe and the water rail — find shelter here and safe places to nest.
Beyond offering refuge to wildlife, reed beds perform other important ecological functions: they filter water naturally, protect the banks from erosion and create a microclimate that regulates humidity and temperature.
An outstanding example of these ecosystems is the reed bed of Lake Levico, part of the Nature Park and subject to conservation plans. Here visitors can walk the evocative Strada dei Pescatori, the Fishermen’s Road, and discover the richness of a delicate and captivating environment.
Reed beds, peat bogs and rare blooms along the lakes.
Valsugana holds an extraordinary botanical variety: alpine, Mediterranean and continental species live side by side here. Alongside the woods and flowering meadows, a special role belongs to the wetlands and peat bogs — such as the one at Roncegno, where rare plants grow, among them the round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia), a small carnivorous plant. The valley also shelters protected species such as wild orchids, the martagon lily and the delicate water crowfoot that colours the slower watercourses. A unique natural heritage, to be discovered one pedal stroke at a time.
The reed beds of Valsugana are precious, teeming habitats stretching along the shores of Lakes Levico and Caldonazzo and along the river Brenta. Common reed, growing up to four metres tall, dominates every other species, but among its stems grow bulrushes, sedges and other semi-aquatic plants that turn these spaces into a mosaic of green and natural shelters. These environments are essential to wildlife: many water birds — the grey heron, the Eurasian reed warbler, the great crested grebe and the water rail — find shelter here and safe places to nest.
Beyond offering refuge to wildlife, reed beds perform other important ecological functions: they filter water naturally, protect the banks from erosion and create a microclimate that regulates humidity and temperature.
An outstanding example of these ecosystems is the reed bed of Lake Levico, part of the Nature Park and subject to conservation plans. Here visitors can walk the evocative Strada dei Pescatori, the Fishermen’s Road, and discover the richness of a delicate and captivating environment.