Pian d'Alma Marsh
Italy
Pian d'Alma Marsh (Padule Pian d'Alma) is a coastal wetland and biotope in southern Tuscany, Italy, near the hamlet of Pian d'Alma in the municipality of Castiglione della Pescaia, province of Grosseto. The marsh extends for about 68 hectares near the mouth of the Alma River, between Cala Civette and Punta Ala on the Tyrrhenian coast. The area is included within the Site of Regional Importance (SIR) of Monte d'Alma, and proposed as a Site of Community Importance (pSIC) with the code IT51A0008. The marsh preserves a mosaic of woodland and salt-tolerant wetland vegetation typical of the Maremma coast. Plant communities include reed beds dominated by Phragmites australis, rush meadows with Juncus acutus and Juncus gerardi, and halophytic vegetation with species such as Atriplex portulacoides and Sarcocornia perennis. Wooded sectors are mainly composed of narrow-leaved ash (Fraxinus oxycarpa) and field elm (Ulmus minor), with tamarisk species occurring in more saline soils.
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