Plant Dive Lab
Plant Dive Lab
go to the Italian versionThe PlantDive_Lab is based at the Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Forestry Sciences (DAGRI) of the University of Florence, Section of Soil and Plant Sciences.
The Laboratory brings together researchers and technicians active in the fields of Plant Systematics, Geobotany, Plant Ecology and Ethnobotany, from the population to the community level.
The Laboratory houses the Florence Agricultural-Forestry Herbarium (FIAF)
(https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=126441);
Main research topics
1) Diversity and ecology of temperate forest vegetation, with particular attention to plants and understory communities
2) Ecophysiology of temperate zone trees, stress responses and forest monitoring under climate change conditions
3) Ethnobotany and traditional uses of plants in temperate and tropical areas
4) Systematics and ecology of the vegetation of Mediterranean ultramafic soils and metal accumulator plants