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Tab. 1: Beech seed stands in Italy
Name of stands (region) Lat. Long. Alt. (m)
Molveno (Trentino-Alto Adige) 46° 10’ 10° 57’ 1,350
Millifret, Cansiglio (Veneto) 46° 03’ 12° 22’ 1,130 – 1,500
Airole, Tencione (Liguria) 44° 14’ 8° 07’ 1,100 – 1,200
Pian degli Ontani, Abetone (Toscana) 44° 05’ 10° 40’ 1,200 – 1,400
Marsigliana, Monte Amiata (Toscana) 42° 53’ 11° 36’ 1,000 – 1,400
Cappadocia, Campo Ceraso - Coste Calde (Abruzzo) 42° 05’ 13° 17’ 1,300 – 1,400
Cinquemiglia, Piano d‘Albero, Serra Nicolino (Calabria) 39° 23’ 16° 06’ 950 – 1,200
Val Loana, Finero, Malesco (Lombardia) 46° 06’ 8° 32’ 1,350
Vanezzo della Soda, Val di Sella (Trento) 46° 02’ 11° 24’ 900 – 1,000
Vallesessera, Mosso S. Maria (Piemonte) 45° 39’ 8° 8’ 900
Belfè, Ala di Stura (Piemonte) 45° 18’ 7° 18’ 1,300
Consolata, Ceres, Mezzenile (Piemonte) 45° 18’ 7° 23’ 975
Richiaglio e Viù (Piemonte) 45° 12’ 7° 23’ 1,100
Cugn, Pradleves (Piemonte) 44° 25’ 7° 16’ 1,100
Colle Missignana, Villa Collemandina (Toscana) 44° 21’ 10° 42’ 1,200
Colle Melogno – Calizzano (Liguria) 44° 14’ 8° 12’ 1,100 – 1,200
Madonna d‘Ardua, Chiusa di Pesio (Piemonte) 44° 13’ 7° 39’ 1,200
Terme di Valdieri, Valdieri (Piemonte) 44° 12’ 7° 16’ 1,750
Palanfré, Vernante (Piemonte) 44° 11’ 7° 30’ 1,400
La Verna, Chiusi della Verna (Toscana) 43° 71’ 11° 93’ 1,190
Val Fondillo (Abruzzo) 41° 50’ 13° 52’ 1,200 –1,400
Piano Battaglia, Petralia Sottana (Sicilia) 37° 52’ 14° 01’ 1,600 – 1,700
Mt. Soro, Lago Biviere (Sicilia) 37° 56’ 14° 41’ 1,600 – 1,700
Linguaglossa (Sicilia) 37° 47’ 15° 02’ 1,900 – 2,000
the inner bark and cambium with tarry spots on the bark surface and bleeding cankers (Jung et al.
2005).
Other fungi, generally associated with humid and shaded environments, may also cause problems
on branches and leaves of beech trees in the juvenile stage (ex. Nectria ditissima Tul. & C. Tul., and
Apiognomonia errabunda /Roberge ex Desm./Höhn.) (Luchi et al. 200 ).
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In Italy many single trees or stands are recognized as folk symbols. For example in the Vallombrosa
Forest there is an old beech tree which is known locally as the Holy beech of Saint John Gualbert
(Patron of Foresters), founder of the Vallombrosan monastic order in the XIth century. According to
the legend, the Saint, John Gualbert escaped from Florence one winter night and when he arrived in
Vallombrosa he fell asleep under the beech tree. To protect the sleeping saint, the beech tree sprouted
leaves and bent its branches. The Holy beech which is today growing in the Vallombrosa Forest
probably dates from the XVIIIth century, and is thought to be a sprout of the original beech tree.
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