Caratterizzazione fitosociologica dell’habitat prioritario 6220*-“Percorsi substeppici di graminacee e piante annue dei <i>Thero-Brachypodietea</i>”: caso di studio della Sardegna settentrionale

Abstract

In this paper we aimed at characterizing phytosociologically the priority habitat 6220* in Northern Sardinia. In the study area this habitat is identified on the field by the presence of 18 plant associations, referred to the following syntaxonomic classes: Helianthemetea guttati, Poetea bulbosae, Artemisietea vulgaris and Lygeo-Stipetea. Within the Brachypodio ramosi-Dactyletalia hispanicae order of the Artemisietea vulgaris class, three new associations are here described for the first time: Ophrydo praecocis-Dactyletum hispanicae, Orchido longicorni-Dactyletum hispanicae and Orchido collinae-Dactyletum hispanicae which are all referred to the Leontodo tuberosi-Bellidion sylvestris alliance. The wide structural and functional heterogeneity, that prevent from outlineing common management strategies to all the 4 vegetation classes included in the habitat, suggests the need of a clarification of the Habitats Directive and its revision on the basis of the recent phytosociologic findings