This demonstration site is part of the Salvere Project. Valle San Floriano is a small village 5 km far from Marostica (province of Vicenza, North-eastern Italy). It is located in the pre-alpine hills, at an altitude of 160 m a.s.l.
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| Map of the demonstration site. | Aerial photograph of the demonstration site before the landslide (2008). |
In November 2008 an earth Landslide occurred in this area at the site of a road, creating a bare raw soil surface of about 700 m2 (slope 38%). After the application of marble blocks in the lower part of the slope, 2 meters distant little terraces were digged out by hand using pickaxes. The propagation material applied was obtained from a High Nature Value Farmland close to this area. Seed rich dry hay, collected in an Arrhenatherion species rich meadow, was used. In September 2009 the material was applied by hand and fixed to the soil with a plastic net and wood pickets to provide the topsoil erosion control. Dry hay utilized: 460 kg, 0,66 kg/m2.
Donor site species:
Grasses | Legumes | Herbs |
Anthoxanthum odoratum | Lathyrus pratensis | Achillea millefolium | Plantago major |
Arrhenatherum elatius | Lotus corniculatus | Bellis perennis | Ranunculus bulbosus |
Brachypodium pinnatum | Medicago lupulina | Carex contigua | Rhinanthus freynii |
Bromus erectus | Trifolium campestre | Centaurea nigrescens | Rumex acetosa |
Dactylis glomerata | Trifolium pratense | Colchicum autumnale | Salvia pratensis |
Festuca pratensis | Trifolium repens | Convolvulus arvensis | Sanguisorba minor |
Festuca rupicola | Vicia sativa | Crepis biennis | Silene sp. |
Lolium perenne | | Galium mollugo | Stellaria sp. |
Poa pratensis | | Geranium dissectum | Taraxacum officinale |
Trisetum flavescens | | Leucanthemum vulgare | Tragopogon pratensis |
| | Myosotis sylvatica | Urtica dioica |
| | Plantago lanceolata | Veronica chamaedrys |
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| The demonstration site before re-vegetation (09.09.2009) | Application of the material (18.09.2009) |
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| The demonstration site after re-vegetation (18.09.2009) | The demonstration site after 2 months (30.10.2009) |
