Trail type: Botanical trails
Trail difficulty: Medium
The longer botanical trail in Lanišće, just like the shorter one, starts in Račje Selo. Unlike the shorter one, this trail takes you to the top of Gomila and then past Rašpor and its hillfort back to Račje Selo. Along the way, you will see typical karst structures, such as dry stone walls and enclosed, abandoned sinkholes, as well as typical plant species, such as the common juniper, rock buckthorn and Cornelian cherry. The trail leads you through species-rich grasslands that are becoming overgrown and offer great biological diversity. Southwest of the top of Gomila lie grasslands overgrown with the invasive laserwort (Laserpitium siler). Such grasslands are habitats of some rare, easily recognizable meadow species, such as the slender fritillary (Fritillaria orientalis), poet’s daffodil (Narcissus poeticus subsp. radiiflorus) and great yellow gentian (Gentiana lutea).
