42.811 - Charente pine-holm oak forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Pinus pinaster ssp. atlantica forests with a subcanopy of Quercus ilex, Arbutus unedo and sometimes Quercus pubescens or Quercus robur and an undergrowth of Rubia peregrina, Cistus salvifolius, Daphne gnidium and, in the more acid stands, Ulex europaeus, Cytisus scoparius, Erica scoparia or, in more calcareous ones, Hedera helix, Ruscus aculeatus, developed on mostly calcareous inner dunes of the low-rainfall coasts of Vend‚e, Charente-maritime and northern Gironde, including the islands of Noirmoutier, Yeu, R‚ and Ol‚ron.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Pino pinastri-Quercetum ilicis

Bibliographie

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)