42.812 - Aquitanian pine-cork oak forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Pinus pinaster ssp. atlantica forests with a subcanopy of Quercus suber, Arbutus unedo and sometimes Quercus robur and an undergrowth of Erica cinerea, Pteridium aquilinum, Frangula alnus, Rubia peregrina and, in the more open stands, Cistus salvifolius, Cytisus scoparius, Erica scoparia, Calluna vulgaris or, in more closed ones, Hedera helix, Ruscus aculeatus, Ilex aquifolium, developed on acidocline inner dunes of the warmer, more humid coasts of the Marensin, between the Eyre and the Adour river mouths.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Pino pinastri-Quercetum suberis

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)