32.215 - Calicotome brush

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Thermo-mediterranean formations physiognomically dominated by the brilliantly flowering Calicotome villosa or Calicotome spinosa, widespread in European thermo-mediterranean regions, in the Levant, in particular on sandy plains and in presteppic areas, and in North Africa, notably in semi-arid areas of northeastern Tunisia and northeastern Libya.

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)

Zohary, 1973: 153, 540; Knapp, 1973: 486-487; Horvat & al., 1974; Turland & al., 1993: 7; Viney, 1994: xiii.