FFH area Lago d'Ampola

FFH area Lago d'Ampola IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	Lago d'Ampola , Trentino , Italy
WDPA ID	555528543
Natura 2000 ID	IT3120076
FFH area	24 ha
Geographical location	45 ° 52 '  N , 10 ° 39'  E Coordinates: 45 ° 52 '16 "  N , 10 ° 39' 14"  E
Setup date	1995
administration	Rete di Riserve Alpi Ledrensi

The FFH area Lago d'Ampola is a NATURA 2000 protected area in the Italian province of Trento . The 24-hectare reserve includes Lake Ampola and parts of the surrounding lakeshore area in the Ampolatal and is located in the municipality of Ledro . It is designated as a legally protected biotope by resolution of the regional government of the Autonomous Province of Trento No. 9735 of August 16, 1990 and has been part of the NATURA 2000 network since 1995. On the east side of the lake there is a visitor center that is open in the summer months .

meaning

The FFH area Lago d'Ampola is an exceptionally vegetation-rich lake landscape, which makes a significant contribution to biodiversity and thus to the different habitat types of the protected area. The protected area is of particular importance as a breeding site, resting place and winter quarters for protected or highly endangered bird species. The presence of invertebrates testifies to the good quality of the water.

FFH habitat types

In the FFH area of ​​Lago d'Ampola, the following habitat types worthy of protection are listed on the basis of Annex I of the Habitats Directive :

• Natural eutrophic lakes with magnopotamion or hydrocharition vegetation
• Alpine rivers with wood on the banks of Salix elaeagnos
• Pipe grass meadows on lime-rich soil, peaty and clayey-silty soils
• Lean lowland hay meadows ( Alopecurus pratensis , Sanguisorba officinalis )
• Lime-rich fens
• Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior
• Montane to alpine acidic spruce forests

FFH species

fauna

Birds

For worth protecting fauna includes in particular many bird species, including some that according to the EU - Birds Directive are particularly protected or recognized as critically endangered and found only in a very limited area in the Alps. The species marked with a (b) breed in the protected area.

According to Annex I of the EU's Birds Directive , the following species in the Habitats Area Lago d'Ampola are under special protection:

• Kingfisher (b)
• Gray woodpecker (b)
• Red backed killer (b)
• Goat milker (b)

Other types

The following other types of community interest occur in the protected area:

• Jackdaw crab
• Common frog
• Narrow diaper snail

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  kingfisher

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  Goat milker

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  Fen area on the northern edge of the lake

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  Jackdaw crab

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  Common frog

Other species found

fauna

Birds

The species marked with a (b) breed in the protected area.

Coot (b) Whinchat (b) Pipe hammer (b) Mallard (b)

Pond claw (b) Reed warbler (b) Water rail (b)

Amphibians, insects, reptiles and mammals

Aspic viper Brown-breasted hedgehog Common toad Eurasian squirrel

Field shrew fire salamander Garden shrew Common darter

Forest lizard Wood shrew Water shrew Western green lizard

Harvest shrew

fishes

→ Main article : Lago d'Ampola

flora

Among the flora occurring in the protected area, the following species are classified as worthy of protection:

Oak fern Single-skin rush European cyclamen Thread sedge

Flesh-colored orchid Fuchs's orchid Yellow pond rose Large two-leaf

Hairy red fescue Little snowdrop Mosquito-Handelwurz Ruprechtsfarn

Slender sedge | Blackhead sedge Marsh fern Marsh stendrums

Pond horsetail Misjudged water hose Water knotweed

Hazards and protective measures

Problems in the protected area arise from uncontrolled vegetation. Particularly in the fens, the spread of reeds poses a risk that the associated changes in the habitat will displace the native species. Accordingly, the overgrown reeds must be removed regularly. The spread of the invasive neophyte glandular balsam, which has so far only appeared to a limited extent, must also be kept under control. The deviation of the visitors from the designated sightseeing paths should be prevented by appropriate restrictions. An uncontrolled withdrawal of water by the Palvico , which flows out of the lake and is used to generate electricity downstream, must also be stopped in advance.

literature

• Antonella Agostini (Ed.): Natura 2000: il contributo trentino alla rete europea della biodiversità . Provincia Autonoma di Trento - Servizio parchi e conservazione della natura, Trento 2003, ISBN 88-86602-72-3 .
• Comunità Alto Garda e Ledro (ed.): Le aree protette nel territorio della comunità Alto Garda e Ledro . Comunità Alto Garda e Ledro, Riva del Garda, undated

Web links

Commons : FFH area Lago d'Ampola  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Lago d'Ampola - NATURA 2000 / ZSC e ZPS in Trentino (Italian)
• Lago d'Ampola - Elenco riserve e biotopi (Italian)
• Lago d'Ampola in the database of the European Environment Agency (EEA) (English)

See also

• List of FFH areas in Trentino

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Delibera della Giunta Provinciale di Trento 16 agosto 1990, n. 9735. In: delibere.provincia.tn.it. Resolutions of the regional government of the Autonomous Province of Trento, accessed on July 17, 2020 (Italian). 
2. ↑ Comunità Alto Garda e Ledro (ed.): Le aree protette nel territorio della comunità Alto Garda e Ledro pp. 43–45.
3. ↑ Lago d'Ampola. In: areeprotette.provincia.tn.it. Autonomous Province of Trento, accessed July 17, 2020 (Italian). 
4. ↑ ^{a b c} IT3120076 - Lago d'Ampola. In: natura2000.eea.europa.eu. Retrieved July 17, 2020 . 
5. ↑ IT3120076 Lago d'Ampola. (PDF) In: areeprotette.provincia.tn.it. Autonomous Province of Trento, accessed July 17, 2020 (Italian).