Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

bosco idrofilo

English translation:

riparian woodland

Added to glossary by Kimberly De Haan
Jan 21, 2008 14:18
16 yrs ago
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Italian term

bosco idrofilo

Italian to English Science Botany
This is a tourism text describing the area around Bibione in the Veneto.

"La foce del Tagliamento, o zona faro, è certamente l'area più importante in quanto ha al suo interno una moltitudine di ambienti: il litorale, le dune, la pineta, le depressioni retrodunali, il prato umido, la prateria, il bosco idrofilo, la duna fluviale, la zona umida del Revelino."

I understand it to be a marshy wood. Is there a more technical term or shall I just call it that?
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 riparian woodland

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riparian woodland

It's the term I chose for a video on the Lomellina area, not unlike the area you describe.
Peer comment(s):

agree Rachel Fell : http://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/website/forestresearch.nsf/... - diff. area but prob. same species http://www.campaniapodcast.it/index.php?option=com_content&t...
1 hr
thanks Rachel - and your links are much better than mine - I think the species in Serre Persano are likely to be pretty similar to those in Bibbione
agree James (Jim) Davis : I should put "marshy" in brackets or something, unless they want to exclude all tourists who are not botanists and technical translators.
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Yes, I'd agree on "marshy woodland" - it's not unusual for English to be a bit more specific "floodplain woodland" or "alder woodland" or else more generic "wet woodland". Here we can only be more specific if we know the species involved or the hydrology
neutral Rosa Cabral : technically hydrophilous woodland... riparian means relating to or inhabiting the banks of a natural course of water. Whereas hydrophilous woodland specifies growing or thriving in water or requiring the presence of water for fertilization .
13 hrs
yes thanks, I agree with your comments
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