mughete

English translation: dwarf mountain pines

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Italian term or phrase:mughete
English translation:dwarf mountain pines
Entered by: Chants

14:53 Mar 25, 2015
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Italian term or phrase: mughete
La parte sommitale del Pasubio è un ampio teatro roccioso dall'aspetto lunare,costellato da mughete e brughiera alpina.

I found lilies of the valley for mughette ( but the sprelling is different.. is there a mistake in the original spelling or is this something else
Chants
Local time: 12:40
dwarf mountain pines
Explanation:
This is a similar area to mine - the Dolomites - and this is the word often used for dwarf mounatin pines.

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Note added at 40 min (2015-03-25 15:33:47 GMT)
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I wouldn't put woods mself because these are shrubby rather than forest forming.
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Isabelle Johnson
Italy
Local time: 12:40
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thanks a lot
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4 +2dwarf mountain pines
Isabelle Johnson
3dwarf pine woods
Shera Lyn Parpia


  

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dwarf pine woods


Explanation:
I would leave mughete with an explanation in brackets.

It would appear to be a woodland with the dwarf pine trees, rather than the name of the tree.

see
http://www.regione.fvg.it/rafvg/export/sites/default/sira/al...
Nel piano da montano a subalpino sono molto diffusi, sia sui rilievi carbonatici che su quelli acidi, le mughete a pino mugo e le brughiere a rododendri (GC). .... Le mughete a pino mugo e rododendro irsuto sono state individuate come habitat prioritario dall’UE (cod. 4070), sono relativamente diffuse sulle Alpi orientali e
ricche in specie endemiche. ..... Costituiscono i micromantelli di pinete, mughete e boschi primitivi a faggio e carpino nero, .....

Riserva Naturale Integrale Lastoni Selva Pezzi: L'Area Protetta
www.parks.it/riserva.lastoni.selva.pezzi/par.php
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Si tratta di formazioni in prevalenza arbustive a contatto con le mughete, con le quali hanno in ... Vegetazione ad arbusti dell'orizzonte alpino inferiore (mughete).

Giardino Botanico Alpino G. Lorenzoni Cansiglio: AMBIENTI ...
giardinobotanicoalpinocansiglio.blogspot.com/.../blog...
Le mughete (a) sono delle formazioni arbustive presenti in particolare lungo pendii acclivi, su suoli poco evoluti e spesso soggetti a frane e slavine. Qui il pino mugo (Pinus mugo) rie- sce a resistere e a contrastare tali fenomeni franosi.

Pinus mugo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_mugo
Wikipedia
Pinus mugo, known as mountain pine, dwarf mountain pine, scrub mountain pine, Swiss mountain pine, mugo pine or creeping pine, is a species of conifer, ...
‎Distribution - ‎Subspecies - ‎Uses - ‎Invasive species

Shera Lyn Parpia
Italy
Local time: 12:40
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
dwarf mountain pines


Explanation:
This is a similar area to mine - the Dolomites - and this is the word often used for dwarf mounatin pines.

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Note added at 40 min (2015-03-25 15:33:47 GMT)
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I wouldn't put woods mself because these are shrubby rather than forest forming.

Isabelle Johnson
Italy
Local time: 12:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
thanks a lot

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  dandamesh: magari ci aggiungerei wood(s) per indicare l'area
22 mins
  -> Thanks!

agree  Anthony Green
1 hr
  -> Thanks Anthony
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