Carnivorous Plant on Jahorina: Rare Sundew Hides in the Dugo Polje Peatland
When we talk about the plant life of Jahorina, we most often think of maple, spruce, fir, beech, mountain meadows, or blueberries. Yet, in one wet habitat on this mountain grows a plant we would more readily expect to see in a documentary about some distant marshland – a carnivorous plant. It is the round-leaved […]
Two Maples of Jahorina: Mountain Giants That Defy Snow and Time
When people think of the forests of Jahorina, spruce, fir and beech are usually the first trees that come to mind. Yet among them grow trees that have attracted the attention of botanists for more than a century. Scientific research on Jahorina records five species of maple, but two stand out in its higher mountain […]
Wild Blueberries on Jahorina: A Small Berry, a Big Mountain Story
Jahorina is not only a winter mountain. When the snow melts, its forests, meadows and mountain plateaus reveal a different kind of treasure – wild blueberries, small deep-blue berries with a bold flavour and a scent that evokes a true summer in nature. Where do wild blueberries grow on Jahorina? The most popular ski area […]
Sea of fog and the mountain peaks of Jahorina, Trebević, and Romanija
Winter landscapes in our mountains bring something special every year, but few things can compare to the moment when a sea of fog opens beneath us and the mountain peaks emerge into the crystal-clear air. In those moments, nature reveals both its gentlest and its most powerful side, reminding us how deeply the mountains can […]
Vrelo Miljacke: A hidden gem of Pale on the slopes of Ravna Planina
Vrelo Miljacke is the main source of the Paljanska Miljacka River (there is also the Mokranjska Miljacka River), located in the settlement of Gornje Pale, beneath the ruins of the medieval Pavlović Fortress on the northern slopes of Ravna Planina (in the Jahorina mountain massif). The spring lies at an elevation of about 1,010 meters, […]