16.252 - Western nemoral mixed dune thickets

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Dunal preforest thickets of nemoral affinities of the coastal dunes of the western Palaearctic region formed of species of genera Ulex, Sarothamnus, Rubus, Ligustrum, Daphne, Sambucus. Codes of subdivisions of unit 31.8 can be used, in addition to unit 16.252, to specify the habitat. Listed elsewhere are dunal formations of heaths (units 16.23, 16.24), sea-buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides, unit 16.251) or creeping willow (Salix arenaria, unit 16.26).

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Prunetalia spinosae: Ligustro-Hippophaeion rhamnoidis: Hippophaeo-Ligustretum p.; Lonicerion periclymeni p.: Ulici-Ligustretum, Rubio-Ulicetum, Daphno-Ligustretum, Querco suberis-Sarothamnetum, Rubio-Salicetum; Pruno-Rubion ulmi folii p.: Lonicero hispanicae-Rubetum ulmifolii, "Sambuco-Berberidion" i.a.

Bibliography

Devillers P., Devillers-Terschuren J. & Vander Linden C., 2001. PHYSIS Palaearctic Habitat Classification Database. Updated to 10 December 2001. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles. (Source)

Westhoff and den Held, 1975; LahondŠre, 1980; Parent and Burny, 1981; Géhu, 1985: 44.