Echen Nature Reserve

<p>The Echen Nature Reserve on the Folgaria Plateau is a small corner of unspoilt nature. It is located in the area of the Costa suburb and is adjacent to the Maso Spilzi golf course.</p>

<p>The 'Echen peat bog' is a wetland of particular scientific value as an extremely rare example of a peat deposit in a karstic environment: the substratum is in fact made up of limestone rocks covered by moraine deposits.</p> <p>The wetland area is located at about 1260 m above sea level and occupies an area of about 4 hectares; it is colonised by numerous plant associations, mostly sedge.</p> <p>In the centre of the peat bog is a water collection, the level of which varies throughout the year in relation to rainfall.</p> <p>The body of water has also undergone considerable variations in the course of time: the study of the stratification of the peat deposits makes it possible to reconstruct the temporal succession of different types of vegetation.</p> <p> </p> <p>This protected area is also part of the Natura 2000 European network created for the protection and enhancement of habitats and species of Community interest (code IT3120078)</p>