La Dévèze de Lapanouse de Cernon et du Viala du Pas de Jaux
The Natura 2000 site of the Lapanouse de Cernon deveze and the Viala du Pas de Jaux, a natural area with an exceptional wealth of flowers.
In May or June, the vast expanses of this devèze are covered with a colourful carpet giving a softer and more welcoming image to this wild and chalky plateau. Yellowish irises, rushes, pulsatile anemones, asphodel, thyme... a mosaic of scents floats in the air. Walking or running along the paths of the devèze of Lapanouse de Cernon, you will be amazed by the many rare species. In this preserved place, you may be lucky enough to see the largest orchid in Europe: the Venus hoof!
At the beginning of summer, the "angel hair" dresses the landscape, like a silvery sea that sways in the wind, and brings magic to the place. Hidden in this steppe vegetation, it is not uncommon to find a thistle emblematic of the causse: the acanthus-leaved carline or "Cardabelle".
Késaco "a devèze": it is an environment characterized by the presence of calcareous and steppe grasslands which is maintained by the grazing of ewes and cows.
