ʻO Karst Hiking Trail ma ka Dachstein Massive
ʻO ka High Dachstein (2,995 m), me ke ʻano o ka piko pālua, piʻi kiʻekiʻe ma waena o Ramsau ma Styria a me Hallstatt ma Upper Austria. Kahe ka Hallstatt Glacier mai ka Dachstein massif a i Hallstatt. ʻO ka Dachstein massif kahi hapa o ka Northern Limestone Alps, e moe ana ma ka ʻākau o ka Central Alps. ʻO ka Central Alps, kahi nui o ka gneiss a me ka crystalline slate, ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia mai ka Limestone Alps e nā muliwai Inn, Salzach a me Enns. ʻO ka limestone ʻo Dachstein he mau papa ʻaʻahu ʻulaʻula maikaʻi ma luna o nā pāpū kipi.
Mai ke kahua mauna o Dachstein-Krippenstein cable car 2, he karst hiking trail e alakaʻi ana i ka limestone Dachstein nui i hoʻokahe ʻia e ka wai a ʻeleʻele i ka Heilbronner Kreuz, 3 km ka mamao. Ua kapa ʻia ka inoa ʻāina ʻo Karst ma muli o kahi ʻāina ma Slovenia a ma ka palena ʻo Italia ma luna o ke Kai o Trieste, i kapa ʻia ʻo Karst.
Ma kēia māhele Slovenia, ua noiʻi ʻia ke kumu honua o kahi ʻāina karst no ka manawa mua e nā ʻepekema mai ka mōʻī Habsburg. ʻO ka hopena, ua lawe ka poʻe anana a me nā huakaʻi ma laila i ka huaʻōlelo karst. ʻO ka huaʻōlelo karst, e wehewehe ana i kahi ʻāina pōhaku, ua hoʻohana nui ʻia ma nā ʻōlelo āpau mai ka makahiki 1850.
Hiki ke loaʻa nā pua Alpine ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke ala hele karst. No ka la'ana, alpine auricle, saxifrage, galaxy rose, clusius primrose, alpine dandelion, Ennstaler silver mantle, dwarf primrose, lime cushion carnation, lime bell gentian, alpine rose a alpine sun rose. Ulu ka pua melemele alpine sun rose ma ka lime-waiwai, alpine meadows ma nā ʻāpana a hiki i ke kiʻekiʻe o 2500 mika. He pua bele polū hoʻokahi ka lime bell gentian ma kahi kumu pōkole.
ʻO ka ciliated alpine rose, rhododendron hirsutum, aia ma ka Northern Limestone Alps. ʻO ka ciliated alpine rose he kumu lāʻau evergreen me kahi ulu ulu ikaika. ʻElima pālima nā pua me kahi envelop pua pālua. ʻO ka lei aliʻi ʻulaʻula he ʻano bele a me ke ʻano o ka funnel, hāʻawi ʻia me nā unahi glandular ma waho a me ka huluhulu ma loko.
ʻO ka Alpine a i ʻole ka mauna dandelion, ʻo Leontodon montanus, kahi mea kanu limestone maʻamau i nā mauna kiʻekiʻe, ʻo ia ka mea mua e ulu ma luna o kahi mea kanu ʻole, ʻaʻohe lepo wai ma nā wahi kiʻekiʻe o ka periglacial zone. Hōʻike ʻo Periglacial i kahi kaʻina geomorphological e hoʻi i ka hopena wehewehe ʻāina o ka hau.
ʻO ka lime carnation, ʻo Silene acaulis, ka kukama ʻaʻole me kona mau pua ʻulaʻula liʻiliʻi, e ulu ana i loko o nā cushions paʻa ma nā māla o nā ʻōpala calcareous a komo i loko o ka pōhaku me kahi aʻa lōʻihi.