PARCO NATURALE VALLE DEL TICINO
The Park is placed south of Lago Maggiore,on the Ticino part between the same
exit of the lake and its entrance to lombard territory inside the varied rural
landscape survive mills and farm houses. Recently the restoration of the Old
mill of Bellinzago has transformed it into an instructive actitivities
headquarters and permanent expositive display.
The park is made up of a deep valley that progressively widens with less
steep slopes full of forests and river loops. In the south, the valley widens
creating a series of gravel and river islands branches, periodically submerged
by the flood. This zone is characterised by the presence of numerous lanche in
which water slowly flows favouring the development of a rich aquatic vegetation.
The other characteristic of the park is the presence of springs, sites in which
water maintains a constant temperature all year round allowing a rich and
luxuriant vegetation.
The woods occupy 60% of the park's area with traces of
the original flat wood with deciduous trees like the British oak, European
hornbeam, and false acacia (invasive). The underwood is characterised
by the hazel, the blackthorn and the hawthorn . The Spring
herbaceous blooming of the dog's-tooth-tree, the squill, the
periwinkle and the primrose so are a characterising note of the
park. It's of a particular interest the aquatic vegetation of the lanche with
the presence of the water-lily , the spatterdock, the common
reed etc.
Among mammals we remind the squirrel ,the rabbit,
the hedgehog. There is also the hare a species that is not
autochthonal, put in through the repopulation in a venatorial aim. Among the
birds we can find the mallard, the grey heron , the moorhen
, the pheasant , among the fishes the trout the
luce, the char.
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