Drubazu botānikas taka

A trail for those who enjoy botanical walks. The trail stretches up and down the slope through the Abava valley grasslands. It contains 2 loops – the short (1,2km) and the long one (2km). Here you’re gonna observe one of the densest and prettiest juniper glades in Latvia. The diverse humidity conditions of the slope and soil differency has facilitated the creation of several grassland types. In the dry calcareous grassland on the top of the slope you may see the mountain clover and some protected rare species - such as fragrant orchid Gimnadenia Conopsea and purple milk-vetch Astragalus Danicus. At more humid areas you may spot the purple hawk’s beard Crepis Praemorsa. At the rich fen you may see some more protected rare species, such as a small insectivorous plant - common butterwort Pinguicula Vulgaris, March hellerborine Epipactis Palustris, Davall’s dioecious sedge Carex Davalliana, Baltic spotted orchid Dactylorhyza Baltica, birdseye primrose Primula Farinosa.