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Teacher
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Simeone Marco Cosimo
(syllabus)
General Dendrology: species concepts. Diagnostic characters: habitus, shape, bark, buds, leaves, roots, repoductive organs. Variability of diagnostic characters. Evolution. Taxonomy. Hybridization. Growth and phenology. Longevity. Dasology: biodiversity of forest ecosystems. Bioclimatology. Forest biomes and ecoregions. Structure and succession of forest populations. Main Italian forest types. Old-growth forests and monumental trees. Forest composition in the urban landscape and its importance.
Special Monographic treatments of the following tree taxa, including nomenclature, distribution, cenology and utilization: Taxus baccata, Cedrus spp., Larix decidua, Picea abies, Abies alba, Mediterranean firs, Mediterranean and mountain pines, Cupressus sempervirens, Juniperus spp., Fagus sylvatica, Castanea sativa, Italian oaks, Carpinus betulus, C. orientalis, Ostrya carpinifolia, Corylus avellana, Betula pendula, B. pubescens, Alnus cordata, A. glutinosa, A. incana, A. viridis, poplars, Ulmus minor, U. glabra, Celtis australis, maples, lindens, willows, Prunus spp. Sorbus spp. Salix spp.. Mediterranean maquis. Main tree and shrub species for the urban landscape.
(reference books)
Lesson notes and powerpoint presentations provided buy the teacher. A field botanic guide Grossoni, Bruschi, Bussotti, Selvi (2020) - Trattato di Botanica forestale (2 vol.), Cedam
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