DOLOMITES - Annexes 2-8 - Provincia di Udine

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This species is undergoing substantial expansion phases and the quite accentuated changes taking
place in the past few decades demonstrate to the observer a myriad of aspects of transition that
make the ecological interpretation complicated if the previous use of the soil is not fully understood.
We should also mention the flowering period of the great umbrelliferous plants (eg. Heracleum
sphondylium, hogwood) which are found in the meadows of the valley floor of the Dolomite area,
especially after the first cutting. Other showy umbrelliferous plants (Laserpitium latifolium, Laserpitium
siler, Chaerophyllum villarsii, Chaerophyllum aureum, Angelica sylvestris, etc.) signal particular
ecological conditions in the outermost Dolomite areas.
Wetland environments
In the Dolomite landscape, wetland biotopes can readily be found, more in terms of surface extension
than for a particular quality importance, caused by land drainage and reclamation campaigns
which have deeply altered the original equilibrium. These areas are quite significant from a natural
perspective, frequently submitted for protection as sites of Community importance, sites of national
importance or sites of regional importance (SIC, SIN, or SIR respectively) but which at the current
time do not enjoy appropriate forms of protection. In the autonomous administrative areas, regional
and provincial laws have promoted early identification and the Veneto is the only region where there
remains to be a specific regulation, despite the fact that proposals have been submitted on numerous
occasions.
Glaciokarstic basin of Foses. Small lakes, peat bogs and sub-Alpine pastures
(Dolomiti d’Ampezzo – Belluno).