Pizzo Arera
# Pizzo Arera

Pizzo Arera is a mountain of the Bergamasque Prealps of northern Italy. Its peak is 2,512 metres (8,241 ft) above sea level.

## Geography

It is part of the ridge that divides Val Seriana from Val Brembana. The town of Roncobello is nearby. Fossils can be found on some ridges. It is the largest in a group of four mountains that surround Zambla Alta. The residents of the area around the mountain are often bilingual, speaking Italian and Bergamasque.

### SOIUSA classification

According to the SOIUSA (International Standardized Mountain Subdivision of the Alps) the mountain can be classified in the following way:

* main part = Eastern Alps
* major sector = Southern Limestone Alps
* section = Bergamasque Alps and Prealps
* subsection = Bergamasque Prealps
* supergroup = Prealpi Bergamasche Centrali
* group = Gruppo Arera-Menna
* subgroup = Gruppo dell'Arera
* code = II/C-29.II-B.5.a

## Geology

Arera is composed mainly of Mesozoic sedimentary rocks, most of them limestones.

## Flora

Alpine regions have a high rate of endemism and a high diversity of plant species. This taxonomic diversity can be attributed to geographical isolation, glaciation, microhabitat differentiation.

Galium montis-arerae, the Pizzo Arera bedstraw, is a rare plant species in the Rubiaceae. It is named after the mountain, locus classicus where it was first described.

