Dry grasslands on fluvial terraces of the middle reaches of river Piave in the North East Italy context

Authors

  • Stefano Tasinazzo
  • Katia Zanatta
  • Cesare Lasen
  • Roberto Fiorentin

Keywords:

Astragalo onobrychidis-Koelerietum pyramidatae, Chamaecytiso hirsuti-Chrysopogonetum grylli, dry grasslands, North East Italy, river Brenta, river Piave, Veneto

Abstract

Dry grassland vegetation on fluvial terraces along middle reaches of river Piave and river Brenta in Northeastern high Po plain were investigated through a phytosociological approach. Comparisons with ecologically analogous communities described from neighbouring territories lead to the description of a new association belonging to Centaureion dichroanthae alliance: Astragalo onobrychidis-Koelerietum pyramidatae. Residual fragments of Chrysopogon gryllus-dominated grassland on slighly deeper soils are refered to Chamaecytiso hirsuti-Chrysopogonetum grylli.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Barkman J.J., Doing H. & Segal S. 1964: Kritische Bemerkungen und Vorschläge zur quantitativen Vegetationsanalyse. Acta Botanica Neerlandica 13: 394–419. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1438-8677.1964.tb00164.x

Bartolucci F., Peruzzi L., Galasso G., Albano A., Alessandrini A., Ardenghi N. M. G., Astuti G., Bacchetta G., Ballelli S., Banfi E., Barberis G., Bernardo L., Bouvet D., Bovio M., Cecchi L., Di Pietro R., Domina G., Fascetti S., Fenu G., Festi F., Foggi B., Gallo L., Gottschlich G., Gubellini L., Iamonico D., Iberite M., Jiménez-Mejías P., Lattanzi E., Marchetti D., Martinetto E., Masin R. R., Medagli P., Passalacqua N. G., Peccenini S., Pennesi R., Pierini B., Poldini L., Prosser F., Raimondo F. M., Roma-Marzio F., Rosati L., Santangelo A., Scoppola A., Scortegagna S., Selvaggi A., Selvi F., Soldano A., Stinca A., Wagensommer R. P., Wilhalm T. & Conti F. 2018: An updated checklist of the vascular flora native to Italy. Plant Biosystems 152 (2): 179–303. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2017.1419996

Beier P. & Noss R.F 1998: Do habitat corridors provide connectivity? Conservation Biology 12 (6): 1241-1252. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.1998.98036.x

Buffa G. & Lasen C. 2010: Atlante dei siti Natura 2000 del Veneto. Regione del Veneto - Direzione Pianificazione Territoriale e Parchi, Venezia, 394 pp.

Braun-Blanquet J. 1964: Pflanzensoziologie – Grundzüge der Vegetationskunde. Springer-Verlag, Wien, 865 pp.

Biondi E., Vagge I., Baldoni M. & Taffetani F. 1997: La vegetazione del Parco fluviale regionale del Taro (Emilia-Romagna). Fitosociologia 34: 69-110.

Dengler J., Monika J., Török P. & Wellstein C. 2014: Biodiversity of Palaearctic grasslands: a synthesis. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 182: 1-14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2013.12.015

Feoli Chiapella L. & Poldini L. 1994: Prati e pascoli del Friuli (NE Italia) su substrati basici. Studia Geobotanica 13 (1993): 3-140.

Gigante D., Acosta A.T.R., Agrillo E., Attorre F., Cambria V.E., Casavecchia S., Chiarucci A., Del Vico E., De Sanctis M., Facioni L., Geri F., Guarino R., Landi S., Landucci F., Lucarini D., Panfili E., Pesaresi S., Prisco I., Rosati L., Spada F. & Venanzoni R. 2012: VegItaly: Technical features, crucial issues and some solutions. Plant Sociology 49 (2): 71-79. DOI: 10.7338/pls2012492/05

Gonzalez A., Lawton J.H., Gilbert F.S., Blackburn T.M. & Evans-Freke I. 1998: Metapopulation dynamics, abundance, and distribution in a microecosystem. Science 281 (5385): 2045-2047. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.281.5385.2045

Janišova M., Michalcová D., Bacaro G. & Ghisla A. 2014: Landscape effects on diversity of semi-natural grasslands. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 182: 47–58. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2013.05.022

Janssen J.A.M., Rodwell J.S., García Criado M., Gubbay S., Haynes T., Nieto A., Sanders N., Landucci F., Loidi J., Ssymank A., Tahvanainen T., Valderrabano M., Acosta A., Aronsson M., Arts G., Attorre F., Bergmeier E., Bijlsma R.-J., Bioret F., Biţă-Nicolae C., Biurrun I., Calix M., Capelo J., Čarni A., Chytrý M., Dengler J., Dimopoulos P., Essl F., Gardfjell H., Gigante D., Giusso del Galdo G., Hájek M., Jansen F., Jansen J., Kapfer J., Mickolajczak A., Molina J. A., Molnár Z., Paternoster D., Piernik A., Poulin B., Renaux B., Schaminée J.H.J., Šumberová K., Toivonen H., Tonteri T., Tsiripidis I., Tzonev R. & Valachovič M. 2016: European Red List of Habitats. Part 2. Terrestrial and freshwater habitats. – Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 38 pp.

Jongman R.H.G., ter Braak C.J.F & van Tongeren O.F.R. 1995: Data analysis in community and landscape ecology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 299 pp.

Lasen C. 1995: Note sintassonomiche e corologiche sui prati aridi del Grappa. Fitosociologia 30: 181-199.

Lorenzoni G.G. 1964: Un esempio di Astragalo-Stipetum pennatae Br.-Bl. 1961 nel Friuli nord-orientale. Lavori Botanica Ist. Bot. Univ. Padova 23: 3-11.

Lorenzoni G.G. 1967: Ricerche sui prati a “Chrysopogon gryllus” della pianura friulana. “Udine”, Bollettino Biblioteca e Musei Civici e Biennali d’Arte Antica 4: 5-21.

Maarel E. van der 1979: Transformation of cover-abundance values in phytosociology and its effect on community similarity. Vegetatio 39 (2): 97-114.

Michelutti G., Zanolla S. & Barbieri S. 2003: Suoli e paesaggi del Friuli Venezia Giulia. Pianura e colline del pordenonese. Ersa, Ufficio del Suolo, Pozzuolo del Friuli (UD).

Mucina L., Bültmann H., Dierßen K., Theurillat J.-P., Raus T., Čarni A., Šumberová K., Willner W., Dengler J. García R.G., Chytrý M., Hájek M., Di Pietro R., Iakushenko D., Pallas J., Daniëls F.J.A., Bergmeier E., Santos Guerra A., Ermakov N., Valachovič M., Schaminée J.H.J., Lysenko T., Didukh Y.P., Pignatti S., Rodwell J.S., Capelo J., Weber H.E., Solomeshch A., Dimopoulos P., Aguiar C., Hennekens S.M. & Tichý L. 2016: Vegetation of Europe: hierarchical floristic classification system of vascular plant, bryophyte, lichen, and algal communities. Applied Vegetation Science 19 (suppl. 1): 3-264. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12257

Nimis P.L. & Fonda G. 1997: Phytogeography of parasteppic vegetation in the high Friulian Plain (NE Italy). Plant Ecology 132: 15-28.

Pedrotti F. & Murrja E. 2020: Il paesaggio dell'area wilderness “Piave della Battaglia - settore Grave di Ciano” (Veneto). Les Cahiers de Braun-Blanquetia. Monographies de Cartographie Géobotanique. 3. Tip. Ed. Temi, Trento, 23 pp.

Pignatti S. 1952: Introduzione allo studio fitosociologico della pianura veneta orientale. Atti Istituto Botanico Pavia, ser. 5, 11 (1-3): 92-258.

Pignatti S. 2005: Valori di bioindicazione delle piante vascolari della flora d’Italia. Braun-Blanquetia 39: 3-97.

Podani J. 2001: Syn-Tax 2000. Computer program for data analysis in ecology and systematics. User’s manual. Scientia Publishing, Budapest.

Poldini L., 1973. I magredi. Informatore Botanico Italiano 5(2): 146-148.

Poldini L. & Oriolo G. 1994: La vegetazione dei prati da sfalcio e dei pascoli intensivi (Arrhenatheretalia e Poo-Trisetetalia) in Friuli (NE Italia). Studia Geobotanica 14 Suppl. 1: 3-48.

Rivas-Martínez S. 2008: Global bioclimatics (Clasificación Bioclimática de la Tierra). Phytosociological Research Center. Retrieved January 15, 2021, from http://www.globalbioclimatics.org/book/bioc/global_bioclimatics-2008_00.htm

Rivas-Martinez S. & Rivas-Saenz S. 1996-2020: Worldwide Bioclimatic Classification System, Phytosociological Research Center, Spain. Available: http://www.globalbioclimatics.org [accessed on 15 January 2021].

Sburlino G., Buffa G., Filesi L. & Gamper U. 2008: Phytocoenotic originality of the N-Adriatic coastal sand dunes (Northern Italy) in the European context: The Stipa veneta-rich communities. Plant Biosystems 142 (3): 533-539. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/11263500802410884

Scortegagna S. & Curti L. 2000: L’incespugliamento spontaneo dei prati aridi del Monte Summano (Prealpi Vicentine – Veneto). Studi Trentini Sci. Nat. Acta Biol. 74 (1997): 155-173.

Soil Survey Staff 2015: Illustrated guide to soil taxonomy. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Soil Survey Center, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Tasinazzo S. 2001: I prati dei Colli Berici (Vicenza, NE Italia). Fitosociologia 38(1): 103-116.

Terzi M. 2015: Numerical analysis of the order Scorzoneretalia villosae. Phytocoenologia 45 (1-2): 11-32. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/phyto/2015/0009

Theurillat J.P., Willner W., Fernández-González F., Bültmann H., Čarni A., Gigante D., Mucina L. & Weber H. 2020: International Code of Phytosociological Nomenclature. 4th edition. Applied Vegetation Science 24: e12491. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12491.

Wilson J.B., Peet R.K., Dengler J. & Pärtel M. 2012: Plant species richness: the world records. Journal Vegetation Science 23: 796–802. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01400.x

Zenari S. 1928: La vegetazione dei ‘magredi’ nell’alta pianura del Friuli occidentale. Atti Accademia Scientifica Veneto-Trentino-Istriana 19: 51-56.

Zunino F. 2018: Sul Fiume Piave di 100 anni fa designata la seconda Area Wilderness del Veneto! Documenti Wilderness 33(4): 1.

Downloads

Published

2021-06-19

How to Cite

Tasinazzo, S., Zanatta, K., Lasen, C., & Fiorentin, R. (2021). Dry grasslands on fluvial terraces of the middle reaches of river Piave in the North East Italy context. Hacquetia, 21(1), 15–40. Retrieved from https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/hacquetia/article/view/9575

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 1 (2022): Hacquetia

Section

Articles

License

Copyright (c) 2021 ZRC-SAZU

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Authors guarantee that the work is their own original creation and does not infringe any statutory or common-law copyright or any proprietary right of any third party. In case of claims by third parties, authors commit their self to defend the interests of the publisher, and shall cover any potential costs.

More in: Submission chapter