Riserva naturale provinciale Corna Piana

Corna Piana (Provincial Nature Reserve)

Quality and importance: the site can be proud of a reasonable amount of endemic species, and a remarkable environmental variability together with an easy accessibility as well, which make it suitable for a didactic use. It is furthermore an area of international interest due to the passage of many long and medium distance migratory species in late summer and in autumn (post-reproduction migration).

Vulnerability: the strong reduction in the pasture's richness, together with the excessive and not very regulated hiking activities can spoil, over the years, the conservation of the now existing delicate vegetation mosaic.


Types of priority Habitats of community interest (Annex I of the Habitats directive):
4070 - Bushes with Pinus mugo and Rhododendron hirsutum (Mugo-Rhododendretum hirsuti).
6230 - Species-rich Nardus grasslands, on siliceous
substrates in mountain areas (and submountain areas, in Continental Europe).
8160 - Medio-European calcareous scree of hill and montane levels.

Bird species subjected to special conservation measures (Annex I of the Birds directive): golden eagle, red-backed shrike, Rock partridge, Black grouse, Western marsh harrier, European honey buzzard, Black kite, Ortolan bunting.