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The Beech Trail
Duration: 70 minutes.
Level of difficulty: Difficult.
The Beech trail penetrates the
core of the Bosco di Tecchie park, which is made up
of the monumental beechwood. This singular type of
wood is an extraordinary example of natural
equilibrium and the evolution of a complex ecosystem
in which biological rhythms proceed in accordance
with cycles induced by climate, morphology and soil
composition. The mature beechwood, rich in dead wood
mass such as this, represents one of the most
interesting forests in Europe.
In this wood the European Beech, able to withstand
the cold and frost as well as dry summers, is
accompanied by the European Ash, the mountain maple
Acer pseudoplatanus (sycamore maple) and the Turkey
oak, whilst the European Elder, the European Cornel
and the Checker tree grow in the undergrowth. At
various points of the trail you can see signs of
animal life, such as the entrance to the burrows of
foxes and badgers, the tracks of hoofs on leaves and
parts of dead trees evidently used by woodpeckers.
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