The work under Action C3, aimed at increasing biodiversity and maintaining a good conservation status for the project habitats, have been completed.
The “restoration” operations involved the planting of native herbaceous species typical of the habitats in high-density groups (approximately 34 plants per 1x1m plot).
In particular, before planting, it was necessary to create areas of bare substrate through:
– top-soil inversion (habitat 4030)
– sod-cutting (habitat 2330 and 6210)
– removal of invasive and non-invasive woody species
In total, 12,337 plants belonging to 24 species were planted!
Below is a brief summary for each habitat:
Site at “Valle del Ticino” (H2330 – Pombia)
Habitat 2330
A total of 1,135 individual specimens were planted (735 in SAC IT2010013 – Ansa di Castelnovate; 400 in SAC IT1150001 – Valle del Ticino).
- Armeria arenaria
- Centaurea deusta
- Festuca filiformis
- Hieracium pilosella
- Jasione montana
- Pethroragia saxifraga
- Potentilla pusilla
- Rumex acetosella (SAC IT2010013)
Site at Baraggia di Rovasenda (H4030 – Lenta 1)
Habitat 4030
A total of 3,900 individual specimens were planted (500 in SAC IT2010010 – Brughiera del Vigano; 3,400 in SAC IT1120004 – Baraggia di Rovasenda*).
- Agrostis tenuis (IT1120004)
- Anthericum liliago
- Calluna vulgaris (IT2010010)
- Dianthus carthusianorum
- Festuca filiformis (IT1120004)
- Hylotelepium maximum (IT1120004)
- Iris sibirica (IT1120004)
- Jasione montana (IT1120004)
- Potentilla erecta
- Serratula tinctoria (IT1120004)
- Stachys officinalis (IT1120004)
- Succisa pratensis (IT1120004)
- Teucrium scorodonia
* In SAC IT1120004 – Baraggia di Rovasenda, 100 individual specimens of the species Gentiana pneumonanthe were planted in the area known as Lenta 2; in a subsequent step, 180 individual specimens of the species Calluna vulgaris were planted in a plot.
Site “Lame del Sesia and Isolone di Oldenico at Greggio” (H6210 – Greggio)
Habitat 6210
A total of 7,022 individual specimens were planted (1,589 in SAC IT2010013 – Ansa di Castelnovate; 2,363 in SAC IT2050005 – Boschi della Fagiana; 2,000 in SAC IT1120010 – Lame del Sesia; 1,070 in SAC IT1150001 – Valle del Ticino).
- Armeria arenaria
- Centaurea deusta
- Dianthus carthusianorum
- Festuca filiformis
- Festuca trachyphylla
- Hieracium pilosella (IT2010013, IT1120010)
- Hylotelephium maximum
- Jasione montana
- Knautia arvensis (IT2050005, IT1120010)
- Koeleria cristata
- Pethroragia saxifraga (IT2050005, IT1120010)
- Potentilla pusilla
- Sanguisorba minor
- Stachys officinalis (IT2050005, IT1120010)
- Teucrium chamaerdrys