The various types of climates during the post glacier period were very important for the formation of the current alpine flora  and above all for the balance of the Dolomite woods and for the Moena area in particular.

One of the first woody plant that expands to the south of the Alps is the Pino Silvestre, after comes the Birch Tree (8000-7000 ad.), the Hazel Nut (coming from Western Germany) and the Red Spruce  (from the Dalmazia 7000-5500 a.d.). The White Spruce, instead is widespread throughout the Appennines, starting from Maritime Alps and expanding to the Dolomites (5500-2500 BC.).

Actually the red spruce together with the larch is found on a trail that from the valley bottom reaches 1800 m..  Occupying a good part of the Dolomite landscape of the big and small valleys that converge on Moena.

Above 2000 m. in Peccio often changes to the Larch and the Pino Cembro forming a wooded area always more scarse with vegetation mostly bush.  With the thinning of the trees one gradually passes to an area of scrub vegetation.  The plants typical of this area between 2000-2200 m. are represented by the Pino Mugo and by the Rodadendrum.

THE UNDERGROWTH

The undergrowth is characterized by a multitude of vegetation that has diverse aspects that vary from the limestone sub-layer or siliceo created by the exposure, altitude and by the morfology of the ground.

The  black blueberries predominate in the fresh and humid woods, while the red berries are more frequently in the sunny woods, apart from the higher altitudes, where often the berries mix with the larch.  Meanwhile the other herbs in the woods like the Aconito, Adenostile, Cicerbita alpina, Epilobio angustifoglio, Genziana asclepiadea and the Raspberries, colonize the small clearings.
Instead the very moist woods are characterized by a large covering of moss on the ground and bearded lichen on tree trunks and branches.

Here are some flowers that you can easily find in our woods:

Campanula del  Moretti	Cerastio unifloro	Doronico di Clusio	Eritrichio nano	Primula	Sassifraga