Different forest formations

The woods that cover most of the Berici Hills are anything but homogeneous; three basic types emerge, defined by the species of trees that characterise them: Carpino-Ostryon (particularly widespread and prevalent at summits), Oak (to be found on relatively dry hot south-eastern slopes) and Chestnut (more associated with cool damp ground).

This diversity in wood vegetation is mainly determined by local differences in climate and the rocky substrate, which in turn affects the fauna that inhabits the zone.
For each of the three kinds of wood, therefore, the panels and display cases in the room illustrate not only some of the most characteristic trees, shrubs and grasses (with photos and dried plants) but also a selection of the most typical or rare animal species, with the small insects that eat into the bark or feed on the leaves, the passing or nesting birds who live in the treetops and the reptiles and mammals that move in the undergrowth.