Nearly one-third of Abruzzo’s territory is set aside for these parks and reserves, including the National Park of Abruzzo, the … Most likely it's just the cold November wind blowing through this, the oldest beech tree forest in all of Europe. and sustainability of old-growth beech forest ecosystems. The tour “National Park of Abruzzo in wintertime” gives the chance to experience a high-quality naturalistic and historical-cultural holiday. Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park (Italian: Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise) is an Italian national park founded in 1922. The long-term research and monitoring site of Collelongo - Selva Piana has been established in 1991 (Abruzzo Region, Central Italy, 1560 m elevation) in the framework of a project on ecology and silviculture of European beech. Thanks to the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park founded in 1922, the oldest Italian nature reserve, Italy’s remote Abruzzo area is one where Europe’s ancient wilderness can still be experienced. Amongst the beech woods, alpine meadows and karst landscapes there are still bear, wolves and golden eagle. Between the Beech forest belt and the mountain prairie there is a typical vegetation structure with shrubs of the Mugo pine and the Dwarf juniper. 2. Beech Forest Information & Historical Centre, Beech Forest: See reviews, articles, and 3 photos of Beech Forest Information & Historical Centre, ranked No.6 on Tripadvisor among 7 attractions in Beech Forest. History, geology and ecology collide in 750-sq-km Parco Nazionale della Majella, Abruzzo's most diverse park, where wolves roam in giant beech woods, ancient hermitages speckle ominous mountains, and 500km of criss-crossing paths and a handful of ski areas cater to the hyperactive. In 1993, the site was the first forest in Europe where canopy fluxes started to be measured with the eddy covariance technique. Starting from a farmhouse in a valley close the Mainarde Mountains, we move along some beautiful paths of National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise. Hard to believe that this vast stand of primeval forest is just a two-hour drive east from Rome's busiest airport. Explore Abruzzo Walking Tour. The majority of the park is located in the Abruzzo region, with smaller parts in Lazio and Molise.It is sometimes called by its former name Abruzzo National Park.The park headquarters are in Pescasseroli in the Province of L'Aquila. Abruzzo is known as the “greenest region in Europe” due to its large number of national parks, which were first established in the 90s. Or the bellowing of the Marsican brown bear, one of only 50 or so left on Earth? The aim of this study is to detect, map and quantify the vegetation anomalies that occurred in the mono-specific beech forest of the Lazio, Abruzzo and Molise National Park (Italy) after an exceptional spring frost recorded on the 25th of April 2016. VCH lies in the town district Abruzzo plays a critical role in the preservation of species such as the Appenine wolf, Abruzzo chamois, and Marsican brown bear, the protected area is around two thirds beech forest though many other trees grow in the area including the silver birch and black and mountain pines. Materials and methods Our study areas, Valle Cervara (VCH) and Coppo del Principe (COP), are located in the central Italian Apennines, within the NW corner of the Abruzzo-Lazio-Molise National Park (PNALM; Abruzzi region, L’Aquila province).