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4.9 INVESTIGATION AREA 5 – SPILIMBERGO
Fig. 27: Location of the investigation area at Spilimbergo (TK 25, Friuli Venezia Giulia)
Short description of the investigation area 5 Spilimbergo (from Lippert et al. 1995):
The investigation area has a height of 100 m above sea level. At this part, the Tagliamento
has a wide of 3 km and consist of several small arms, which keep on separating and
combining. Along the river arms, there are sand and gravel banks with different stages of
floodplain succession. The sedimentation of sand and silt has risen, but at some parts
have been rinsed, so that gravel banks are present.
Pioneer vegetation:
Epilobio-Scrophularietum caninae
Echinochloa crus-gali-Xanthium
strumaria-community
Calamagrostietum pseudophragmitis
Amorpha fruticosa-community
Salicetum elaeagni typicum
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Floodplain vegetation:
Salicetum elaeagni typicum
Amorpha fruticosa –community