45.319 - Illyrian holm-oak woodland

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Quercus ilex-dominated forests and woods of the Adriatic coast of the Balkan peninsula, restricted to the Dalmatian archipelago and to a narrow coastal belt of the mainland extending from the gulf of Sarand‰ to Istria, with Pistacia terebinthus, Fraxinus ornus, Coronilla emerus, Ostrya carpinifolia, Carpinus orientalis, Laurus nobilis, Viburnum tinus, Rhamnus alaternus, Rosa sempervirens, Lonicera etrusca, Clematis flammula, Rubia peregrina, Smilax aspera, Vitis vinifera ssp. sylvestris, Cyclamen purpurascens, Prunus mahaleb, and, in the most thermic stands, Myrtus communis and Juniperus phoenicea. They are mostly degraded to arborescent matorral or coppice; fully developed forests are recorded very locally in the Dalmatian archipelago, in particular on Rab, Lokrum, Mljet and Brioni.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Myrto-Quercetum ilicis, Fraxino orni-Quercetum ilicis p. (Orno-Quercetum ilicis, Ostryo-Quercetum ilicis), Quercetum ilicis virgilianae p.

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)

Oberdorfer, 1947; Horvat, 1962; Fenaroli, 1970; Tomaselli, 1970; Horvat & al., 1974: 132-133; Polunin, 1980; Groppali & al., 1980; Poldini, 1989: 264; Prpic, 1996: 66-67; Hoda & al., 1998: 13-14; Seliskar, 1998: 1.