The Val di Ciampo peat bog

This is the largest peat bog (13.5 ha), situated at between 1358 and 1425 m a.s.l.

The upper area has all the characteristics of a low soligenous peat bog subject to surface seepage. In the western part, communities attributable to the low alkaline peat bog habitat (7230) can be found. On the drier slopes, the Molinia meadows (6410) are well represented, although this habitat is generally in strong decline across the whole Alpine range. In the area close to the road, communities of humid meadows thrive (transition between molinia and mountain hay meadows 6520).

The eastern portion, in which different peaty habitats exist that are difficult to separate, is particularly well intact: low alkaline peat bogs (7230), transition mires and quaking bogs (7140), depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporium (7150) and one of the best strips of active raised bogs (7110*).

In the area below the road, on the other hand, the conditions exist for the formation of an intermediate peat bog with quaking bogs (7140). The flat position leads to the formation of topogenous bogs with water rich in solutes supplied from the surrounding slopes. An area with small hummocks of a more oligotrophic nature corresponds to a young phase of active raised bog (7110*).

Of scientific importance is a small area characterised by a network of small pools near which fragments can be found containing Scorpidio-Utricularietum minoris, Rhynchosporetum albae, Caricetum limosae, as well as the ubiquitous Carex rostrata, Drosera longifolia, which is positively abundant, and Drosera intermedia which is much rarer.

Inside the wood surrounding the peat bog the presence of nuclei characterised by surface stream formation leads to the unusual presence of entities that may fall under the communities of Caricion davallianae.