Tourbière des Founs à Arvieu
Below the Rocher du Diable on the road between Arvieu and Bonneviale. It is a humid area with a very rich (sphagnum, drosera, water clover, cotton grass...) and particularly rare flora. The council has implemented a course of educational and pastoral valuation to enable the curious discovering the value of that natural space.
This route will allow the curious to discover the value of this natural space. The peat bog is located below the Devil's Rock on the road between Arvieu and Bonneviale.
Perhaps it all started at the beginning of the 20th century when a teacher from Arvieu, who was passionate about botany, put together a herbarium of local flora which ended up in the Museum of Natural Sciences in Paris where an autumn orchid, now extinct, was found
In 2002, a botanist discovered this herbarium and, one thing leading to another, Mr. Nicolas CAYSSIALS, a passionate representative of ADASEA of Aveyron, communicated his enthusiasm for the rehabilitation of this peat bog.
It is a representative site that bears witness to the richness and biodiversity of these wetlands, which has been able to recover its floristic functions with the unique presence in the department of Lycope flooded, extremely rare and protected at the national level.
The wetlands play an important role through their functions of regulating low water flows (drought insurance) and their power as filters against pollution. The pedagogical and pastoral trail created in 2013 contributes to its enhancement.
Free access, all year round. Departure on the road between Arvieu and Bonneviale (access signposted in the village of Arvieu).
Ideal for a small family walk, it is advisable to be equipped with good waterproof shoes!
Duration: between 30 minutes and 1 hour 30.
