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Flora is quite various and rich: indeed there are about
1200 species. In the warmest and driest areas there are also
some Mediterranean species to add those - more renowned - that
are in Europe. But to botanists, these woods are full of
discoveries, as the recent evidences of a rare fern and a
new orchid may confirm.
In the Park, apart the numerous species of animals, four
ungulates live there: roe deer, deer, fallow
deer and wild boars. There
are about 5000 roe deer in the whole area of the Park. Roe
deer exemplars are few because of the predation by wolf and
also because of harsh winters and the contests of deer. Fallow
deer has been introduced since 1835 because Grand Duke Leopoldo
II's hunting. Then, it has been reproducing and above
all, in the lowest parts of Romagna area of the Park. Nowadays,
farmers hate the fallow deer for the damages it causes in
the fields. Also moufflon was introduced during the 50's
and 60's by the Corps of foresters, but nowadays it
seems it has been vanished for its weak adaptability in the
environment and after the coming back of wolf, it has also
become a desirable prey. As regards wild boar, there was
no trace until twenty years ago. During the early 70's,
it has be reintroduced for hunting and nowadays it is the
main prey of wolf.
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