Appennino centrale: Velino-Duchessa - Italy

Basic Information
Site Name
Appennino centrale: Velino-Duchessa
Short name
IT01-002-T
Country
Italy
Site Manager
Site Description
The site consists of “orographic islands” with high elevation vegetation in central Mediterranean basin, along the Apennines mountain range. Besides 55 plots are along two separate elevation transects on the south-western slopes of M.te Morrone (1800-2141 m a.s.l., Montagna della Duchessa, Lazio) and M.te Sevice-M.te Velino (1800-2487m a.s.l., Velino massif, ABRUZZO), including grasslands, open beech forest, timberline and high elevation vegetation.
Last modified
2023-07-24 02:07:48

CC-BY-NC Logo

General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1993
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTERThis site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER EuropeThis site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
LTER Italia (Italy) (LTER_EU_IT_025)This site is a verified "LTER Italia (Italy)" member.
Photos
map of nested plots

map of nested plots

permanents plots M. Sevice

permanents plots M. Sevice

permanents plots M. Sevice

permanents plots M. Sevice

permanents plots M. Sevice (tundra)

permanents plots M. Sevice (tundra)

permanents plots M. Sevice (tundra)

permanents plots M. Sevice (tundra)

Geographic
Elevation (average)
2145.00msl
Elevation (min)
1807.00msl
Elevation (max)
2450.00msl
Download

Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]