Umbra Forest, Gargano National Park, Apulia, Italy
Foresta Umbra, stretching itself for 15,000 hectares in the heart of the Gargano, is a mosaic of botanical species where the green patriarchs dominate: specimens of beech, Turkey oak, holm oak, hornbeam, fir, and chestnut tree with a monumental size. The whole forestal complex extends itself from the about 300 meters of height to the 832 meters of Mt. Iacotenente. This datum only partly justifies the great variety of the essences composing it and of the associations they form. The dark soil in which the Foresta Umbra is rich is the result of a very slow decomposition carried out by fungi, larvae, and xylophagous insects feeding themselves with wood and other organic material. It is necessary to wait some thousands of years for the formation of a forestal dark soil of about 25 centimeters. The presence of the dark soil makes the ground of the forest an extraordinarily suitable ground for the growth of vegetation.
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Location: Foresta Umbra, Monte Sant'Angelo, FG, Italia
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