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Peșteana Bog
Peșteana Bog, known locally as "Tăul fără fund" (the bottomless pond), is a 2-hectare botanical nature reserve in the village of Peșteana, Densuș commune, within the Hațeg Country Geopark. It is one of the southernmost oligotrophic bogs in Romania, with populations of round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) and hare's-tail cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum).
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Peșteana Bog lies within the village of Peșteana, Densuș commune, in the Hațeg Country, a few kilometres from Densuș. Locals call it "Tăul fără fund", the bottomless pond. It is a protected area of national interest, a botanical nature reserve (IUCN category IV) covering 2 hectares, and is part of the Hațeg Country Dinosaurs Geopark.
The reserve is one of the southernmost oligotrophic bogs in Romania. Its flora includes populations of round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia), a carnivorous plant regarded as a glacial relict, which traps insects on its sticky leaves, and of hare's-tail cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum), a red-listed species.
Its status as a nature reserve was set by the protected areas law of 2000 (code RONPA0524).
Sat Peșteana, comuna Densuș, județul Hunedoara