Northern Apennines, (Europa , Italy)

Region coordinates

Latitude 44.23 DD
Longitude 10.44 DD

Summits

CAS 1978 m alpine (or lower/upper alpine ecotone)
MOM 1854 m lower alpine
PCA 1815 m lower alpine
FOG 1722 m treeline ecotone
IT-NAP,

Short description & land use (current/history)

Geologically, the summits consist of thick-bedded turbiditic sandstones and marlstones. Summit vegetation consists of dwarf shrub heaths dominated by Vaccinium species, and of secondary grasslands dominated by Brachypodium genuense or by Nardus stricta.

Vegetation boundary lines

Natural current treeline lies around 1750 m a.s.l., but is possibly slightly depressed as a consequence of historical land use and grazing.

Università degli Studi di Parma

Università degli studi di Pavia; Dipartimento Di Ecologia Del Territorio E Degli Ambienti Terrestri

Graziano Rossi
head of target region
graziano.rossi@unipv.it
Simone Orsenigo
core team member
simone.orsenigo@unipv.it
Francesco Porro
core team member
francesco.porro2@gmail.com