At the heart of our landscapes, the vegetation reveals itself. The different habitats (meadows, grasslands, scree, spruce forests, etc.) boast an extraordinary diversity of flowers. In spring, you won’t want to miss the deep blue Koch’s gentian. In summer, the tall yellow gentians appear, the roots of which are used by some locals to make the brandy of the same name.
In the heart of these sensitive areas, there is a succession of different levels of vegetation. The oak and chestnut trees of the Gavot plateau give way to beech and spruce in the montane zone. At sub-alpine level, from 1,500m upwards, you will discover a varied flora: emblematic rhododendrons, blueberries galore, protected species such as the blue thistle or, even higher up, typically Alpine species such as the androsace helvétique. This luminous flora is testimony to the richness of our mountains.
The right thing to do: please don’t pick mountain flowers.
Enlevay cows
