Paradisia Alpine Botanical Garden
The Giardino Alpino Paradisia or Jardin alpin Paradisia (French), is an alpine nature preserve and botanical garden located at 1700 meters altitude in the Gran Paradiso National Park at Valnontey, Cogne, Aosta Valley, Italy. It is open daily in the warmer months.
The garden was founded in 1955, and named for Paradisea liliastrum (St. Bruno's Lily). It is primarily a nature preserve but also contains man-made reconstructions of nearby mountain environments, including wetlands, moraines, and limestone debris.
The garden currently contains about 1,000 species of plants native to the Alps and Apennines, as well as specimens from other mountains in Europe, Asia, and America. Species include Chenopodium bonus-henricus, Berberis vulgaris, Eriophorum scheuchzeri, Pinguicula vulgaris, Rumex alpinus, Rosa canina, Rosa pendulina, Sedum reflexum, Sedum album, Sempervivum arachnoideum, Sempervivum tectorum, and Urtica dioica.
According to a survey by Schumacker and Soldán, the garden's mosses includes Acaulon muticum, Barbula unguiculata, Bartramia ithyphylla, , , Bryum argenteum, , Bryum capillare, , , , , , , , Eurhynchium praelongum, , , , , Homomallium incurvatum, , , , , , Pohlia cruda, , , , Tortula ruralis, and .
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References[]
- Paradisia Alpine Botanical Garden on the Fondation Grand-Paradis website
- BGCI entry
- R. Schumacker & Z. Soldán, "New Survey of the Bryophyte Flora of the Gran Paradiso National Park and its Immediate Surroundings. Preliminary Result", Journal of Mountain Ecology, 4, Autumn 1997. ISSN 1590-3907.
- Damien Simonis et al., Lonely Planet Italy, Lonely Planet, 2006, page 253. ISBN 1-74104-303-4.
Coordinates: 45°35′06″N 7°20′13″E / 45.58506°N 7.33698°E
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