Quercus cerris woods of the alliance Carpinion orientalis Horvat 1958 in Italy

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...

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Published inPlant biosystems Vol. 146; no. 4; pp. 918 - 953
Main Authors Taffetani, F, Catorci, A, Ciaschetti, G, Cutini, M, Di Martino, L, Frattaroli, A. R, Paura, B, Pirone, G, Rismondo, M, Zitti, S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Taylor & Francis 01.12.2012
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Alliances
Associations
Carpinion orientalis
conservation status
forest ecosystems
Italian peninsula
phytosociology
Quercus cerris
syntaxonomy
Turkey oak woods
vegetation
Italy
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Summary: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.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2012.682613
ISSN:1724-5575
1126-3504
1724-5575
DOI:10.1080/11263504.2012.682613