Stelvio National Park

The stelvio national park, established in 1935, is the largest in the Alps with its 134,620 hectares spread over 24 provinces and 4 municipalities (Trento, Bolzano, Brescia, Sondrio). The Trentino area of the park stretches in the two side valleys of Rabbi and Pejo.

Today the presence of the park is expressed in active protection of the area (monitoring, surveys, maintenance, recovery and landscape) on the one hand and exploitation of other, with a conscious and tourism respectful.

The morphological diversity of the territoty, characterized by high altitudinal gradients, allows the coexistence of diverse ecosystems, many species of animals and a very rich flora Flora Park in the Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio the altitude is between 650 m. and 3899 (Mount Ortles).

Vegetation is divided into different sections so that there are changing physiognomy and the composition share and other environmental parameters. The shares are encountered several smaller groups hardwood, but much more widespread are the conifers, represented by forests of spruce and a to higher share, from larch often associated with pine pine.

In the area outweigh the shrub stands mugo pine, rhododendron, juniper, blueberry, green alder, while shares are higher pastures with various grass species. Fauna of the Stelvio National Park From the perspective of game are about thirty species of mammals, 131 species of birds, other reptiles and amphibians, fish and many invertebrates.

The most significant presences are those of buck and the deer and, to quote more, the chamois and ibex. Moreover marmots, squirrels, alpine hares, ermine, martens, faina, badgers and foxes. Among the grouses are capercaillie black cocks and Francolini of upstream and shares higher “Galliformes” others, like partridge and white coturnice.

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