32.343 - Cistus populifolius maquis

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Formations dominated by Cistus populifolius, often taller, mainly of cooler, moister, shadier, siliceous or serpentine stations of the meso-Mediterranean zone of the southern half of the Iberian peninsula, in particular of Portugal, Extremadura, the Sierra Morena, the Montes de Toledo, the Iberian Range system, the mountains of Andalusia Occidental, entering in several areas into the supra- or thermo-Mediterranean zones and extending north locally to northern Iberia and Languedoc.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Erico australis-Cistetum populifolii, Polygalo microphyllae-Cistetum populifolii p., Erico scopariae-Cistetum populifolii

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)

Rivas-Martinez, 1979: 46, 91, 95-96.