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Plant Species

Especially in the upland of Campo Imperatore there are steppes, dry and mesophile grasslands, high altitude grasslands with blue moor grass, screes, tundras, small snow valleys, wet grasslands, water springs, small lakes, small bogs and rock faces. Among the most interesting plant species there are many endemic plants, high mountain plants and plants from the Ice Age. Such specimens are present both on the pastures and on the surfaces crossed by the hiking network.

Depending on the marked variability of the environmental conditions, different plant species are present in the project area: forests with downy oaks, turkey oaks, manna ashes, hop hornbeams, beeches, grasslands consisting of steppes, dry and mesophile grasslands, high altitude grasslands with blue moor grass, screes, tundras, small snow valleys, wet grasslands, water springs, small lakes, small bogs and rock faces.

Among the most interesting plant species (the priority species are marked with *) we can mention:

The endemic species:
*Astragalus aquilanus Anzalone, Adonis distorta Ten, , Androsace mathildae Levier, Viola magellensis Porta ex Rigo ex Strobl, Arenaria bertolonii Fiori, Cerastium tomentosum L., Cerastium thomasii Ten., Ranunculus pollinensis (N. Terracc.) Chiov., Ranunculus seguierii Vill., Ranunculuis magellensis Ten., Papaver alpinum L. subsp. ernesti-mayeri Markgr., Isatis apennina Ten. ex Grande, Matthiola fruticulosa (L.) Maire subsp. valesiaca (Gay ex Gaudin), Thlaspi stylosum (Ten.) Mutel, Saxifraga exarata Vill. subsp. ampullacea, Saxifraga porophylla Bertol. subsp. porophylla, Potentilla rigoana Th. Wolf, Androsace vitaliana (L.) Lapeyr. subsp. praetutiana (Sùnd) Kress, Myosotis ambigens (Bég) Grau, Pinguicula vulgaris L. subsp. vestina F. Conti & Peruzzi, Edrajanthus graminifolius (L.) A. DC. subsp. graminifolius, Leontopodium nivale (Ten.) Huet ex Hand.-Mazz., Achillea barrellieri Ten. subsp. barrellieri, Achillea tenorii Grande, Artemisia umbelliformis Lam. Subsp. eriantha (Ten.) Vallès-Xirau, Taraxacum glaciale E.& A. Huet, Crepis pygmaea L. subsp. pygmaea.

The orophile species:
Iberis saxatilis L. subsp. saxatilis, Pulsatilla alpina (L.) Delabre, Salix retusa L., Saxifraga aizoides, L., Saxifraga caesia L., Saxifraga italica D. A. Webb, Parnassia palustris L., Saxifraga sedoides L. subsp. sedoides, Rosa pendulina L., Potentilla apennina Ten. subsp. apennina, Potentilla nitida L., Alchemilla nitida Buser, Astragalus sirinicus Ten. subsp. sirinicus, Scutellaria alpina L., Linaria alpina (L.) Mill., Veronica aphylla L. subsp. aphylla, Senecio doronicum (L.) L., Tofieldia calyculata (L.) Wahlenb.


The glacial relicts:
Salix herbacea L., Bistorta vivipara (L.) Delabre, Silene acaulis (L.) Jacq., Trollius europaeus L., Anemone narcissiflora L ., Saxifraga oppositifolia, Carex rupestris All., Elina myosuroides (Vill.) Fritsch, Dryas octopetala L., Potentilla crantzii (Crantz) Beck, Sibbaldia procumbens L., Nigritella widderi Teppner & E. Klein.
Ononis cristata subsp. apennina
 
Asphodelus macrocarpus subsp. macrocarpus - Paeonia officinalis subsp.
 
Gentiana lutea subsp lutea
 
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