Monte Fenosu

Monte Venosu represents the natural continuation of the south-western slope of Monte Tudurighe.

Its topographic surface coincides with the top of a compact limestone bank, which tilts decisively towards the south-west. This substrate is covered by a small layer of reddish soil, which supports herbaceous formations, from which comes the name "Venosu".

The eastern slope, which descends steeply towards the Badde Olia rio, is instead covered by arbustive and arboreal wood vegetation, on an area of about 50 hectares, up to the rocky ridges at the Grotta dell'Inferno.

In the remaining areas they dominate garighe, herbaceous vegetation and Mediterranean scrub, contributing to the botanical wealth of the area.

Timo Arbustivo (Thymus capitatus L.)

• Sardinian name (local variant): Timu
• Family: Labiatae
• Height: From 30 to 60 cm

The shrub is a woody and perennial aromatic plant, with small famine leaves, equipped with dot-shaped glands, from which the characteristic essential oils of the species are released.

Its flowers, blooming between May and June, are small pinkish-purpure corollas, collected in ovoid inflorescences often bottinated by pollinating insects and melferous bees.

This plant is widespread in the hottest regions of the eastern Mediterranean, from 0 to 600 meters above sea level. In the territory of Muros, the shrub is constantly present in the limestone areas, where it finds optimal conditions for growth.

The Sand Calcarea: A Distinctive Geological Element

The site is characterized by the presence of limestone sand, a clastic sedimentary rock belonging to the class of carbonate rocks.

These yellowish sediments consist of limestone fragments of litoid or organogenic origin, combined with rounded granules of quartz and feldspar.

The cement that binds granules is generally carbonatic, mostly calcitic. The formation of this rock comes from the mechanical destruction of pre-existing calcareous rocks, with subsequent deposition in marine environment, enriched occasionally by river sediments.

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