Nature Park of Tecchie - Province of Pesaro and Urbino

Ecological and physical characterisation of the typology.
Formations of considerably varied appearance can manifest themselves either as sparse woods with low and scattered trees or as thick shrubs especially of brooms and young trees, common aspen and Scots pine, either as moorlands dominated by heather, or high grasses characterised by molinia grass or low grasses.
Each type is a manifestation of an ecosystem and its story.
The presence of an abundant and well-developed woody component indicates an undisturbed evolution of plant life. On the other hand, an abundant herbaceous vegetation often results from severe disturbances such as fire.
Low grasses are usually limited to small depressions, often of artificial origin which favour the growth of higrophyle grasses.
They are present on plains, especially on flat highlands at an altitude of between 200 and 450 metres and on low mountains.
Soils are evolved (paleosoils) acids, with insufficient nutritional elements and with abundant loam and clay which cause bad drainage and frequent water stagnation.
Characteristic plant species include
tall moor grass (Molinia arundinacea), common broom (Cytisus scoparius), the Sessile Oak (Quercus petreae), heath grass (Danthonia decumbens), typical cinquefoils (Potentilla erecta), the Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris), the Common Aspen (Populus tremula), Alder Buckthorn (Frangula alnus), legumes (Genista tintoria), Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum), the Marsh Gentian (Gentiana pneumonanthe), Wolf’s bane (Arnica Montana), moor matgrass (Nardus Striata) and the Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra).