2012
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.05.002
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Response of sowed, flowering herbaceous communities suitable for anthropic Mediterranean areas under different mowing regimes

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“…The growing need to improve the quality of life in urban and marginal areas and to reduce the impact of cultural practices, is the driving force behind the researcher to focus on any form of sustainable greening, including wildflower meadows (Braman et al, 2002;Hitchmough, 2000;Keller and Kollmann, 1999).. From this perspective, native species can represent valuable resources when considering their role in environmental sustainability, management cost reductionandlocal character preservation of urban and rural landscape (Bretzel et al, 2016(Bretzel et al, , 2012Florgård, 2000;Jongepierová et al, 2007;Thomas and Schrock, 2004). Native plants are generally well adapted to the local pedo-climatic conditions, since they have evolved over hundreds of years to thrive in the soil and in the climate of their original area and are expected to better adapt when used in landscaping projects (Jones and Evans, 1994;Ruggeri et al, 2016;Worrell, 1992).…”
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“…The growing need to improve the quality of life in urban and marginal areas and to reduce the impact of cultural practices, is the driving force behind the researcher to focus on any form of sustainable greening, including wildflower meadows (Braman et al, 2002;Hitchmough, 2000;Keller and Kollmann, 1999).. From this perspective, native species can represent valuable resources when considering their role in environmental sustainability, management cost reductionandlocal character preservation of urban and rural landscape (Bretzel et al, 2016(Bretzel et al, , 2012Florgård, 2000;Jongepierová et al, 2007;Thomas and Schrock, 2004). Native plants are generally well adapted to the local pedo-climatic conditions, since they have evolved over hundreds of years to thrive in the soil and in the climate of their original area and are expected to better adapt when used in landscaping projects (Jones and Evans, 1994;Ruggeri et al, 2016;Worrell, 1992).…”
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“…Germination features and plant height are pivotal components of species' ecological strategy and contribute to their competitive ability (Bretzel et al, 2012;Moles et al, 2009;Schwinning and Weiner, 1998), as well as flowering which is the most relevant feature to determine the aesthetical perception of the meadow. Unlike other European countries, the lack of this type of knowledge is the reason why nurseries specialized in native plants propagation and a related market have not been developed in Italy and southern Europe yet.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The latter require intensive management in terms of frequent mowing and the input of fertilisers, herbicides, and insecticides. The establishment of a stable community of meadow plants, however, is not a trivial task, as it usually requires the sowing of specifically formulated seed mixes (Bretzel et al ., ), sometimes supplemented by planting of plants in plugs (Hitchmough, ), as well as intensive site and soil preparation, carefully timed annual mowing, as well as control of undesirable ‘weeds’ (Ahern & Boughton, ; Aldrich, ). An alternative approach, which is less often considered, is to encourage blooms of existing wildflowers in parks and lawns through reduced mowing.…”
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“…graminoids) as reported by Pywell et al (). Having both annual and perennial species in the seed mixtures, in fact, makes the herbaceous plant vegetation richer in life forms, thus enhancing its ornamental and biodiversity value (Bretzel et al ).…”
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confidence: 99%