The Quercus cerris woods of the alliance Carpinion orientalis Horvat 1958 in Italy |
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Authors: | F Taffetani A Catorci G Ciaschetti M Cutini L Di Martino |
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Institution: | 1. Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie , Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università Politecnica delle Marche , via Brecce Bianche, 60131 , Ancona , Italia;2. Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali , Università di Camerino, via Pontoni 5 , 62032 , Camerino , Italia;3. Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali , Università de L'Aquila, via Vetoio Loc. Coppito , 67100 , L'Aquila , Italia;4. Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale , Università di Roma Tre , Viale G. Marconi 446, 00146 , Roma , Italia |
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Abstract: | Abstract A phytosociological study of the alliance Carpinion orientalis in the hilly and subcoastal areas of the Italian peninsula is presented. These woods are included in the suballiances Laburno-Ostryenion and Lauro-Quercenion; the distinction between these two suballiances is not always easy also because of the conservation status of these forest ecosystems. The hilly and subcoastal Turkey oak woods of the alliance Carpinion orientalis are mainly distributed on the Adriatic side of the Italian peninsula, where they are found on neutro-basic substrata to which these coenoses are linked. The Turkey oak woods of the alliance Teucrio siculi-Quercion cerridis are strongly linked to the acidic substrata typical of the Tyrrhenian side, but are sporadically found on the Adriatic side within small enclaves with more acidic substrata. A numerical analysis allowed us to rearrange the lower hierarchical levels of the associations of Turkey oak woods of the alliance Carpinion orientalis. In particular, the association Lonicero xylostei-Quercetum cerridis is included in the alliance Carpinion orientalis, and the new subassociation festucetosum exaltatae is proposed. The subassociation rosetosum arvensis is proposed for the association Daphno laureolae-Quercetum cerridis, and the new subassociation cytisophylletosum sessilifolii of the association Aceri obtusati-Quercetum cerridis is described. |
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Keywords: | Carpinion orientalis" target="_blank">Carpinion orientalis Italian peninsula vegetation Turkey oak woods syntaxonomy |
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