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Ontano Napoletano (Italian Alder)
A broadleaf limited to the Campano and Calabro-Lucano Apennine. It lives between 800 -1300 meters in altitude, often in association with beech on the highest mountains of the Park, along the bank streams. Its leaves are ovate-round, with glossy green upper side, while the bottom is gray.  Its trunk is straight with gray-brown bark and it has elongated pyramid foliage.

The beech
The most beautiful beech woods of Cilento are the ones on the mountains Alburni and Cervati.  These shady forests thrive in the Park around 1000 meters in altitude. .  Sometimes they are associated with isolated plants of taxus and patch of holly.

The Acer Lobelii
It is a rare maple native to southern Italy, grows in the mountains between 750 and 1700 meters.  It is a small tree growing not more than 10 mt. it is fairly widespread in the Park. .  Recognizable for its leaves with 3-5 lobes.

The Pink Asphodel
Herbaceous plant, common component of the vegetation of pastures and uncultivated arid Mediterranean region.
It flowers from March to May, with white or pinkish pyramidal panicles.

The Aleppo Pine
It has irregular and elegant foliage; The bark is orange-red, thick and deeply fissured at the base of the trunk, and thin and flaky in the upper crown as it can be clearly seen along the coast and the forest of Punta Licosa.

La Vedovella Appenninica
It is an herbaceous perennial plant that grows in stony pasture on the Cervati, about 1800 mt in altitude. It has hemisphere blue-violet flowers.

Cerro
Evergreen oak high up to 35 mt.  Often majestic, with elongated oval foliage of medium size.  This is a long-live plant that can exceed 200 years of age.  It grows in no-chalky ground and in temperate climate of southern Europe.

Campanula Napoletana
Grows on the cliffs of Mount Cervati, on the slopes of Mount Bulgheria, and on the walls of Camerota. It is a typical endemic plant of the southern Apennine, from Lazio to Calabria. It has beautiful light purple blooms.