32.344 - Cistus laurifolius maquis

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Formations dominated by Cistus laurifolius, often also of medium height, widespread on siliceous or decalcified soils in meso- and supra-Mediterranean Iberia and northwestern Africa, particularly in the Quercus pyrenaica realm, extending to the montane zone of the Pyrenees, and locally to sub-mediterranean areas of the southern Central Massif and the southwestern Alps.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Cistion laurifolii p. 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)

Knapp, 1973: 484-485.