<i>Ophioglossum lusitanicum</i> L.: New Records of Plant Community and 92/43/EEC Habitat in Italy
In this paper, integrating field surveys and literature data, an analysis of <i>Ophioglossum lusitanicum</i> plant communities and related 92/43/EEC habitats are reported for Italy. Two new syntaxa, <i>Euphorbio exiguae-Ophioglossetum lusitanici</i> ass. nova hoc loco and <...
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| author | Enrico Vito Perrino Valeria Tomaselli Robert Philipp Wagensommer Giuseppe Nicola Silletti Assunta Esposito Adriano Stinca |
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| description | In this paper, integrating field surveys and literature data, an analysis of <i>Ophioglossum lusitanicum</i> plant communities and related 92/43/EEC habitats are reported for Italy. Two new syntaxa, <i>Euphorbio exiguae-Ophioglossetum lusitanici</i> ass. nova hoc loco and <i>trifolietosum scabri</i> subass. nova hoc loco of the <i>Rumici bucephalophori-Ophioglossetum lusitanici</i> were described in the Apulia and Campania regions.Both types of vegetation identified in Apulia, Campania, and Sicily regions represent two different aspects of the same priority habitat: “pseudo-steppe with grasses and annuals of the <i>Thero-Brachypodietea</i>” (habitat code 6220*). A phytosociological and ecological dataset of the literature and new field surveys highlighting the soil type as parameters affecting the vegetation cover of this small fernlike plant, with the <i>Trachynion distachyae</i> Rivas–Martínez, 1978 alliance on calcareous soils and <i>Helianthemion guttati</i> Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et al., 1940 alliance on volcanic soils. Many species of other types of annual meadows have been identified within <i>Ophioglossum</i> communities due to the very small patches of land, where they have been found, and ecological conditions that facilitate this phenomenon of the transgression of other therophytes species. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2e6a2cb763494a5ca4456db8b8d18e092023-11-24T12:47:56ZengMDPI AGAgronomy2073-43952022-12-011212318810.3390/agronomy12123188<i>Ophioglossum lusitanicum</i> L.: New Records of Plant Community and 92/43/EEC Habitat in ItalyEnrico Vito Perrino0Valeria Tomaselli1Robert Philipp Wagensommer2Giuseppe Nicola Silletti3Assunta Esposito4Adriano Stinca5CIHEAM, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, Via Ceglie 9, 70010 Valenzano, ItalyDepartment of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Environment, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, ItalyFaculty of Education, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Viale Ratisbona 16, 39042 Bressanone, ItalyGeneral Div. (r), 70100 Bari, ItalyDepartment of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 81100 Caserta, ItalyDepartment of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 81100 Caserta, ItalyIn this paper, integrating field surveys and literature data, an analysis of <i>Ophioglossum lusitanicum</i> plant communities and related 92/43/EEC habitats are reported for Italy. Two new syntaxa, <i>Euphorbio exiguae-Ophioglossetum lusitanici</i> ass. nova hoc loco and <i>trifolietosum scabri</i> subass. nova hoc loco of the <i>Rumici bucephalophori-Ophioglossetum lusitanici</i> were described in the Apulia and Campania regions.Both types of vegetation identified in Apulia, Campania, and Sicily regions represent two different aspects of the same priority habitat: “pseudo-steppe with grasses and annuals of the <i>Thero-Brachypodietea</i>” (habitat code 6220*). A phytosociological and ecological dataset of the literature and new field surveys highlighting the soil type as parameters affecting the vegetation cover of this small fernlike plant, with the <i>Trachynion distachyae</i> Rivas–Martínez, 1978 alliance on calcareous soils and <i>Helianthemion guttati</i> Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et al., 1940 alliance on volcanic soils. Many species of other types of annual meadows have been identified within <i>Ophioglossum</i> communities due to the very small patches of land, where they have been found, and ecological conditions that facilitate this phenomenon of the transgression of other therophytes species.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/12/3188fernlike plantnew syntaxaOphioglossaceaephytosociological study |
| spellingShingle | Enrico Vito Perrino Valeria Tomaselli Robert Philipp Wagensommer Giuseppe Nicola Silletti Assunta Esposito Adriano Stinca <i>Ophioglossum lusitanicum</i> L.: New Records of Plant Community and 92/43/EEC Habitat in Italy Agronomy fernlike plant new syntaxa Ophioglossaceae phytosociological study |
| title | <i>Ophioglossum lusitanicum</i> L.: New Records of Plant Community and 92/43/EEC Habitat in Italy |
| title_full | <i>Ophioglossum lusitanicum</i> L.: New Records of Plant Community and 92/43/EEC Habitat in Italy |
| title_fullStr | <i>Ophioglossum lusitanicum</i> L.: New Records of Plant Community and 92/43/EEC Habitat in Italy |
| title_full_unstemmed | <i>Ophioglossum lusitanicum</i> L.: New Records of Plant Community and 92/43/EEC Habitat in Italy |
| title_short | <i>Ophioglossum lusitanicum</i> L.: New Records of Plant Community and 92/43/EEC Habitat in Italy |
| title_sort | i ophioglossum lusitanicum i l new records of plant community and 92 43 eec habitat in italy |
| topic | fernlike plant new syntaxa Ophioglossaceae phytosociological study |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/12/3188 |
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