Suolo - 2003 - A Field Guide to the Soil-landscapes of the Piemon

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European Summer School on Soil Survey 6 STOP 3: The Old Terraces (Novara hills) 6.1 The Landscape The landscape of the old terraces is most typical of the area, as it represents many aspects of the natural environment of “Baraggia” - the hornbeam and oak woods and the moor. In the field trip area, a Mindelian terrace shows a wavy morphology, with deeply cut and eroded surfaces, crossed by streams and small valleys, winding up through steep slopes. In the natural landscape grape growing, the most important agricultural activity of this area is harmoniously included. In the recent past, vineyards almost entirely covered the terrace western slope. This is the best site, influenced by a favourable exposure and better soil conditions, for high quality grapes production. Nowadays the vineyard cultivation area is decreasing both on the top and on the slope. Significant fragmentation of land holdings is one of the economic constraints for wine growing that needs to be on larger farms work with bigger processing plants if the activity is to compete adequately in the markets of today. Anyway a good potential of high quality wine production is based on the well-known ‘Ghemme’ trademark, which has been classified as a wine of ‘Denomination of Controlled and Guaranteed Origin’. 22 A Field Guide to the Soil-landscapes of the Piemonte eastern plain
European Summer School on Soil Survey On the western terrace, the anthropic effects due to the agricultural activity are evident. A network of rural roads permits entry to the vineyards spread throughout the area. Woodlands are found especially on the slopes towards the Strona river and woody vegetation invades the waste lands. On the middle and eastern terraces the land use is more diverse with the typical vegetation of Baraggia and less intensive grape growing. This is because the wine is not of highquality because of less favourable climatic and soil conditions. In addition these areas are further away from the farms and urban centres. Some pine stands, planted in the seventies as fast growing tree cultivation, can also be found. A Field Guide to the Soil-landscapes of the Piemonte eastern plain 23
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