Lago Tremorgio-Alpe Zarìa-Fusio

The huge meadows are home to species such as Alpine clover, common gorse, orange radichiella, mountain arnica, bearded bellflower, Koch’s gentian, Alpine aster, Helianthemum nummularium, wild thyme, Alpine columbine and orchids such as the Manina rosea and the common nigritella. Unusually damp environments characterised by peat moss can be found in the meadow area around the Alpe Zarìa and the Alpe Pianascio. The altitude allows for the development of a few last groves of larch or mountain pine, accompanied by red rhododendrons and blackberries, giving way to Alpine meadows where eight-petal mountain-avens and various so-called “cushion plants” such as blue-green rockfoils, light-blue globe daisies and creeping gypsophila grow. From a geological perspective, the white dolomite rock faces near the pass are worthy of note.

Discover more walks "Alla scoperta della biodiversità" in the printed guide (in Italian). Information: www.a-pro.ch