Description
The Lovrenc lakes are not true lakes. They are true high peat swampland, which developed here 8000 years ago, after the Ice Ages. Glaciers retreated, hollowing out the Pohorje tonalite and leaving depressions, which were covered by water. They quickly became marshes and over the centuries, true bogs arose. Lack of contact with groundwater is characteristic and it is fed by precipitations alone. Lovrenc lake vegetation is of particular interest. Swamps are acid in nature, producing a characteristic vegetation favouring acidity. Dwarfpine (Pinus Mugo) predominates here, but we can also find unique items such as the carniverous rotund-leaf-form sundew (Drosera Rotundifolia), as well as rust coloured rhododendron shrubs (Rhododendron Ferrugineum).