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D. Moxnocent (*), A. Citanucct (*), V. DE Dowantcss (*) AN INTERESTING NEW FINDING OF BETULA PENDULA ROTH IN TUSCANY ture A new ston of Rea pnd Roth i tedon the forent of Belogaio nthe Coline Mealifre sea ants ae Rae Ped sn esa Arran ato main fogtel acy curent environmental condions and me RR Segue popes ects Key words Grown. ‘Berle pendula Roth, Colne Metlliere, sin esate rinvanen Bee Fete anor sons Ped pnd Rae io él Colne esi. wasone naa "areal principale alana dls pec che spina « ap petunia beeper pul ale sic inal sami oonuieerptins rs ge ent con bots pani’ esse lc Parole chlave- Betula pendula Roth, Coline Metalfere, reac bas Iwrnopucrion Bema pendula Roth is a Barosberia eral 1968) that prefers cod el plinium is in the Alps, but it also grows in the ‘Apennines from the Parma ares tothe Marches, and 1982). Outside the ‘unusual By vietue 1 pioneer species which colonizes open areas (Wa- ig, 1966; Black, 1969). Although i withstands rapid ‘changes in temperature and umidity, prefers very moist environments with sandy and pebbly sols, po! Innutrcntsand having a pl'<3 Pighat, 1982: Grime eral, 198). ‘The dim of the present report is to describe ne Station of Benda pendula outside the Apenaine dh ‘ripaion aren of the species. GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL, ‘The station of Berula pendula reported inthis paper Js located inthe forest of Belagaio, Colline Metali- fore, Tuscany I i stoned in the hydrographic Bi sinof the Lanzo stream, a tributary of the Ombrone Fier, ner the watershed cviing the Lanzo and Fara ‘alleys. Chiaruec! et af (1908) found some indiv- ‘uals of Berula pendula ia the Farma valley, but were Uncertain as to ether they were autochthonous, The Station isin the munteipal area of Roecastrada, Gros: Seto Provines, coordinates 1" 12°F, 4°00'S0"N. ‘The geologial setting fs the Verruearo Formation, the iological component of which is very hetero: encous, consisting of sourse conglomeraes,tchi- Ss quarizites and phyllis algal limestones (Servi- Zio Geologico Telia, 1968). The soils teflet this heterogeneity but they sce always stony, non ealea- cous, shallow to moderately deep, with an'A:C or ‘ASB-C profile, Soi texture is loose or sandy (Regio fe Toscana, 1994), ‘Annual average afl is 1000-1100 mm (Barazruoli etal. 1993) with a sub-Nediteranean pattern of the {ype BBB sb’y according tw Thorativalte(1988), Mean fal temperature is 1-14°C. ‘The station has thre stands of Brule pendula and 2 few isolated individuals sad groups of two or three ‘The main stand which consists of about 80 trees b ‘on the northern slope of Poggio | Monti two other Stands with about 30 wets each, ae on the opposite Side ofthe valley, an the southern slope of Poggio le Macine (Figure'3). Maay scedlings and javenile specimens grow along the forestry access oad Poggio 1 Moat Stupy Merion “The disteibution of Betula pendula in Tuscany was Studied by rescareh in surlows herbaria an in pu blshed literature. The herbaria ofthe University of Siena (SIENA), the Aceadbmia del Fisioertci of lens (SIAC), he ive otfan P), erbarium Hort otanics Pisant and the Carvel and Pellegrint col- Teetions) andthe Botanical Museum of Florence (FD) ‘were consulted. Bibliographic data was abtained from texts on the Tusean flora (Carvel, 1860; Caruel, 1870: Baroni, 1897-1908) and For individual publications (Peel, 1923; Nar, 1965: Cori, 1973; Groppall fetal, 1981; Mercurio, 1884; Chiarucel et al. 1993: Ferratini & Marchetti, 1994; Bartelleti et a, 1996). ‘The data were nse 10 crate a regional distibutlon ‘map based on the UTM grid with 3 Km squares, in (©) Diprinene Bolg Amba, Unive Sion, Vie PA. Mato [2800 See, ly Ta, 4397729872, Fa $39 Sor 2a Est recta women Nev 0 OFLA RRA RCE 37 Figure3 Diath of wondy pei ia the ermancn Plot naos land mrpblay, shoving iu dame Veil ele tpi 1 od tes i ee hana sen 9) em ped 8) Alms gins) Praga oma) uae 1) rer enor) Quran her) Canc ath) Pana ora

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