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The Park territory is characterised by three different types of woods: thermophilous and hygrophilous woods and pinewoods. Thermophilous woods can be found in coastal areas, dominated by the typical maritime climate, and are formed by characteristic Mediterranean vegetation. The dominant species in this type of wood is the Holm Oak (Quercus ilex), which alternates with mainly shrubby areas. The most representative example of thermophilous wood is Gran Bosco della Mesola. Hygrophilous woods people the Park's inner areas, next to water courses and fresh-water lagoons, and are formed by White Poplars (Populus alba), White Willows (Salix alba) and Small-leaved Elms (Ulmus minor). Some examples of hygrophilous woods within the Park are Bosco del Traversante, next to the Valli di Argenta and Marmorta, and Punte Alberete, near Ravenna.
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The Pinewoods of the Ravenna area - whose main representative is the S.Vitale Pinewood - are dominated by Stone Pines (Pinus pinea) and Maritime Pines (Pinus pinaster), two species which have been imported from the warmest areas in the Western Mediterranean.
Along the coast it is possible to find some unspoilt environments where dunes are peopled by few but characteristic species, which have adapted to these areas' difficult conditions.
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The Park Brackish lagoons are peopled by very peculiar plant and animal species which have adapted to this sometimes extreme environment.
The Brackish lagoons house a great number of bird species linked to coastal brackish environments, especially in Summer and in reproductive and migratory periods.
In late Spring, fresh-water environments are characterised by a floating water vegetation covering the large water expanses, with bed-rooted broad-leaved plants such as White and Yellow Water-lilies. These environments are particularly important for the Park fauna, especially for Amphibians and Birds.
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The high specialisation of living organisms is due to the presence, in the substratum, of huge salt concentrations. Extreme levels of salt concentrations can be found in the Salt Pans of Cervia and in Comacchio: these two very important semi-natural sites are characterised by typical fleshy-leaved plants, such as the dominant Salicornia grasslands, both perennial and annual (Arthrocnemun fruticosum and Salicornia veneta).
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Dunes and shores are characterised by (psammophilous) plants which, because of the wind and of the brackish environment, develop deep roots and particular stems and leaves; in Spring, it is quite common to see the dunes covered by rose-flowered Sea Bindweeds.
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