22.431 - Floating broad-leaved carpets

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Formations of Palaearctic waters dominated by rooted aquatic plants with large floating leaves, often with a stratum of submerged species (Ceratophyllum, Myriophyllum, Potamogeton) and occasionally free-floating Utricularia spp., characteristic of large, permanent water bodies.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Potamogetonetea pectinati: Potamogetonetalia pectinati: Nymphaeion albae, Nelumboion

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)

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