La Tourbière des Petits Riaux

Natural heritage, 

LA LANDE-DE-GOULT

Les Petits Riaux
© JE Rubio
Les Petits Riaux
© JE Rubio
Les Petits Riaux
© JE Rubio
Les Petits Riaux
© JE Rubio

Located in the Ecouves forest, at LA LANDE DE GOULT, les Petits Riaux provide a typical example of peat bogs on the Armorican Massif. These rare environments are home to very unusual plants, capable of adapting to the very harsh living conditions they provide: you will find Sundews and butterworts, small carnivorous plants, peat mosses that form amazing sponge carpets, you may even spot a bearded vulture...