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Concept: Sicilian plane tree canyons in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/G1.383
Preferred label Sicilian plane tree canyons
Definition Relict [Platanus orientalis]-dominated or -rich galleries of the Cassabile, the Anapo, the Irminio and the Carbo rivers, in the Iblei range of southeastern Sicily, of the gorge of the Sirmeto, in the vicinity of the Nebrodi. Some of these formations, in particular, in the gorges of the Cassabile and of the Anapo, are true plane tree woods. Others, such as on the Sirmeto, are [Populus alba], [Fraxinus angustifolia], [Salix] spp. formations with [Platanus orientalis]; as they grade into each other, and because of the very isolated occurrence, and great biogeographical and historical interest of [Platanus orientalis] in Sicily, they are all listed here. Plane tree woods have had a much greater extension in Sicily and probably in Calabria. A large forest has, in particular, existed on the Alcantara, where the species is now extinct.
Notation G1.383
Status Valid
Status Modified 2014-01-31
Accepted Date 2014-01-31
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