15.531 - Euro-Mediterranean coastal halo-psammophile meadows

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Psammo-halophile swards of the foot of dunes and of dune hollows of the Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic coasts of Europe. Plantago crassifolia, Schoenus nigricans, Juncus littoralis, Spartina versicolor (Spartina patens, Spartina juncea), Scirpus holoschoenus may associate in communities or dominate stands that occur alone or in mosaics, often interspersed with psammophile tall Juncus stands of unit 15.51.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Plantaginion crassifoliae: Schoeno-Plantaginetum crassifoliae p., Schoeno-Plantaginetum maritimae

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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