Soil and Phytosociological Characterisation of Grasslands in the Western Mediterranean — Oak Academic Publishing
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Soil and Phytosociological Characterisation of Grasslands in the Western Mediterranean
Department of Interra Sustainability, Resources Engineering and SL Spain Square, Salamanca, Spain
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Department of Environmental Sciences and Crop Production, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
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Department of Landscape, Environment and Planning/Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Mediterranean (ICAAM), University of évora (Portugal), Rua Romão Ramalho, Portugal
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Department of Biodiversity and Environmental Management (Department of Botany), Livestock Mountain Institute (CSIC-ULE Joint Center), School of Bio-logical and Environmental Sciences, University of León, Vegazana Campus, León, Spain
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Department of Animal Biology, Plant and Ecology, Botany, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain
1 Department of Interra Sustainability, Resources Engineering and SL Spain Square, Salamanca, Spain
2 Department of Environmental Sciences and Crop Production, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
3 Department of Landscape, Environment and Planning/Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Mediterranean (ICAAM), University of évora (Portugal), Rua Romão Ramalho, Portugal
4 Department of Biodiversity and Environmental Management (Department of Botany), Livestock Mountain Institute (CSIC-ULE Joint Center), School of Bio-logical and Environmental Sciences, University of León, Vegazana Campus, León, Spain
5 Department of Animal Biology, Plant and Ecology, Botany, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain
A study was made of grasslands in olive groves with a high frequency of Hordeum leporinum Link , Chrysanthemum coronarium L. , Malva neglecta Wallr. , Aegilops geniculata Roth and Dasypyrum villosum (L.) Borbas, initially included in the alliance Hordeion leporini Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl., Gajewski, Wraber & Walas 1936 corr. O. Bolós 1962, and sub-alliance Malvenion neglectae Gutte 1966. The study was carried out in the western Mediterranean (Spain, Italy, Portugal and northern Morocco). The soil and phytosociological treatment of the samples contributes information for new plant communities. In the study of plant communities, the indices of degree of presence are adapted to those of Van der Maarel. The new alliance Securigero securidacae-Dasypyrion villosi is proposed for the sub-Mediterranean and Euro-Siberian territories, with the new communities Securigero securidacae-Dasypyretum villosi and Convolvulo elegantissimi-Aegilopetum geniculatae . This last community, due to its richness in Aegilops geniculata Roth, could be included in the alliance Taeniathero-Aegilopion geniculatae Rivas-Martínez & Izco 1977; however, the soil and statistical analyses reveal that it should remain part of the alliance Securigero securidacae-Dasypyrion villosi. The soil and floristic study of Hordeion leporini and Malvenion neglectae allows us to describe the new sub-alliance Resedo albae-Chrysanthemenion coronarii , subordinated to Malvion neglectae (Gutte 1966) status novo .
KeywordsSoilGrasslandCommunityAssociation
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