Verona province The territory of Verona province includes the most diverse environments, from the low Veronese plain to the Prealps on the border with Trento province, for a total surface of 3,092 sq km. The lowlands were once covered by woods and wet areas, but underwent profound transformation following human settlment and intense agricultural and industrial activities; today the only wild environments are some marshes and small woods of willows, poplars and alders, mainly distributed along channels and rivers. On the Eastern bank of Garda Lake we find a belt of moreinic hills covered with dry grasslands and small woods of broadleaf trees, mainly downy oak, manna ash, and hop-hornbeam, characterized by a rank underwood. Thanks to a comparatively scarce human presence, the Prealps of the Northern part of the province are without doubt the most interesting area from an environmental and vegetational viewpoint. On the Western bank of River Adige we find Mount Baldo, a mountain range that reaches 2,218 m, rightly defined "Garden of Europe" for its richness in wild flowers and endemisms. East of the Adige there is the large Lessinia highland, interrupted by several valleys that open on the plain.

The mountains of Verona province may be divided in three regions according to altitude, each characterized by different vegetation forms. The lower area, up to 800 m, has a Mediterranean character, with woods of holm oak, downy oak, hop-hornbeam and manna ash, and chestnut groves. The middle mountain area is mainly covered with beechwoods, pasture lands and meadows that host a huge variety of orchids. Further up on the peaks, rich with alpine species, mugo pine, juniper and rhododendron prevail.