Tinovul Poiana Stampei Nature Reserve

Tinovul Poiana Stampei, also called Tinovul Mare Poiana Stampei, is a botanical nature reserve (IUCN category IV) in Poiana Stampei commune, Suceava County. It lies in the Dorna Depression at about 960 m, between the Dorna river and its tributary the Dornișoara, close to the border with Bistrița-Năsăud County, on the north-western side of Călimani National Park and next to the E58 (DN17). The reserve covers 681.80 ha and was declared a protected area by Law no. 5/2000. It is part of the Tinovul Mare Poiana Stampei Natura 2000 site (ROSCI0247), of 695.9 ha, designated in 2007 and declared a special area of conservation in 2022. Since 25 October 2011 the site has been a wetland of international importance (Ramsar site RORMS0007). The habitats of community interest are active raised bogs, bog woodland and degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration. The bog supports Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris), spruce, the shrub birch Betula humilis and creeping willow, while the herbaceous plants include round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia), bogbean (Menyanthes trifoliata), Siberian ragwort (Ligularia sibirica) and several species of peat moss (Sphagnum). Recorded fauna includes capercaillie, Carpathian newt, viviparous lizard and the dragonflies Leucorrhinia pectoralis and Cordulegaster heros. Access is by the DN17, on the Vatra Dornei - Dorna Candrenilor - Podu Coșnei - Poiana Stampei route. The village of Poiana Stampei has the wooden church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel (1883-1885) and the Ion Ivan farmstead, both historic monuments.