45.315 - Corsican lowland holm-oak woodland

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Quercus ilex formations of the lower meso-Mediterranean level of Corsica with Viburnum tinus, Erica arborea, Lonicera implexa, Phillyrea angustifolia, Clematis flammula, Smilax aspera, Rubia peregrina; generally degraded to arborescent matorral or dense coppice, they still include, mostly above 400 m of altitude, a few better-preserved woodland fragments.

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)