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Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Geography
Volume 42, 1988 - Issue 1
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La vegetazione di Punta Ala (Prov. di Grosseto)

The vegetation of Punta Ala, Grosseto (southern Tuscan coast)

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Pages 101-143 | Accepted 21 Dec 1987, Published online: 14 Apr 2013
 

Riassunto

Vengono presentati i risultati di indagini fitosociologiche effettuate per realizzare la carta della vegetazione alla scala 1:25.000 di Punta Ala.

Si tratta di un'area di circa 36 Km2 con altitudini che vanno da 0 a 350 metri s.l.m. Il substrato geologico è caratterizzato per la quasi totalità da terreno siliceo; la tavoletta di Punta Ala (F. 127 II NO) rientra nel tipo fitoclimatico del Quercetum ilicis.

La vegetazione del promontorio è caratterizzata dalla massiccia presenza di formazioni boschive (Viburno-Quercetum ilicis), distribuite nella parte centro-occidentale; nella pianura, al limite settentrionale, compaiono formazioni boschive miste (Querco-Fagetea/Quercetea ilicis). Lungo la costa si rinvengono formazioni a Juniperus oxycedrus ssp. macrocarpa (Pistado, Junipere- tum macrocarpae), a Juniperus phoenicea (Teucrio-Juniperetum phoeniceae) e ad Erica multiflora e Ptnus sp. pl. (Phillyreo-Ericetum multiflorae). La vegetazione di duna (Ammophiletum arundina-ceae e Crucianelletum maritimae) è poco rappresentata. Lungo le scogliere esiste una vegetazione a Crithmum maritimum e Limonium multiforme (Crithmo-Limonietum multiformis). L'Erico-Rosma- rinetum e l'Ampelodesmo-Ericetum scopariae, formano gli aspetti di degradazione del manto boschivo più diffusi. Vengono segnalate stazioni a Chamaerops humilis e Euphorbia dendroides.

Viene infine preso in esame l'impatto antropico mediante l'applicazione di parametri noti e la realizzazione di nuove scale.

This paper presents the results of a phytosociological analyses carried out in preparation of the Punta Ala vegetation map (scale 1:25.000).

Punta Ala is a promontory which lies in the southern Tuscan coast (Italy— province of Grosseto; Tav. I.G.M. F°127 II NO); it has a surface of about 36 sq.Km and its height is 350 m above sea level; it is composed of recent or old drifts, sandstones, conglomerates, limestones and other geolithological types. The climate is of the subhumid mediterranean type.

The authors have described the main vegetation types which can be recognized in the area: halophytic vegetation such as Crithmo-Limonietum multiformis (on the searocks), Ammophiletum arundinaceae fragm. and Crucianelletum maritimae fragm. (on the sandy seashore), Pistacio-Juniperetum macrocarpae (on the consolidated dunes); shrub communities such as Teucrio-Juniperetum phoeniceae and Oleo-Eu- phorbietum dendroidis (on the rocks near the sea), Phillyreo-Ericetum multiflorae (on the consolidated back-dunes); brushwoods and woods such as Viburno-Quercetum ilicis (with the prevalence of holm oak and strawberry tree), and intermediate type between Querco-Fagetea and Quercetea ilicis (heterogeneous communities on the most humid and coolest drifts); garrigues which have substituted the initial forest coenosis where the man's action have more disturbed the vegetation such as Erico- Rosmarinetum, Ampelodesmo-Ericetum scopariae and intermediate type between Cisto-Ericion, Thero-Brachypodietea and Quercetalia ilicis; fragmentary communities of the wet zones referring to Phragmitetalia; weed vegetation referring to Panico-Polygonetum persicariae; communities of the clearings of the mediterranean shrub referring to Helianthemion guttati.

On the basis of the vegetation types, a valuation of intensity of anthropization and a comparison of the anthropization degree between the area of research and other Italian belts are done. At last the authors give some ideas for a land management of Punta Ala which prevent a possible environmental destruction owing to the urbanization.

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