Orto Botanico "Pania di Corfino"

The Orto Botanico "Pania di Corfino" (about 7500m2) is a botanical garden located an altitude of 1370 m in the Natural Park dell'Orecchiella in Pié Magnano, Corfino, Villa Collemandina, Province of Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. It is open daily in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged.

The garden was established in 1984 to collect and preserve indigenous flora of the Apennine Mountains, Garfagnana valley and Apuan Alps . As such it reproduces environments typical of the region, including heath, hills, moor, pasture, and scree; it also contains an arboretum.

Today the garden contains about 400 varieties of plants as well as botanical specimens and fossils. Species of interest include Alyssoides utriculata, Caltha palustris, Eriophorum sp., Erysimum pseudorhaeticum, Gentiana purpurea, Geum rivale, Globularia incanescens, Hesperis laciniata, Lilium bulbiferum subsp. croceum, Lilium martagon, Linaria purpurea, Orchis mascula, Paeonia officinalis, Primula apennina, Saxifraga callosa subsp. callosa, Sempervivum tectorum, Swertia perennis, and Trollius europaeus. Trees and woody plants include Abies alba, Carpinus betulus, Castanea sativa, Fagus sylvatica, Juniperus nana, Lonicera alpigena, Ostrya carpinifolia, Picea excelsa, Prunus mahaleb, Rhododendron ferrugineum, and Sambucus racemosa.

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Coordinates: 44°10′23″N 10°20′03″E / 44.17306°N 10.33417°E / 44.17306; 10.33417


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