18.221 - Western Tethyan sea-cliff communities

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Aerohaline communities of the cliffs and rocky shores of the Mediterranean, as well as of the southwestern Iberian and northwestern African Atlantic, with Crithmum maritimum, Plantago subulata, Silene sedoides, Sedum litoreum, Limonium spp., Armeria spp., Euphorbia spp., Daucus spp., Asteriscus maritimus. Mediterranean sea-cliffs harbour numerous endemics of of extremely local occurrence, in particular, of genus Limonium, which comprises at least 43 and probably closer to 120-150 Mediterranean cliff species species, many of them restricted to a few stations, and several threatened, such as, for instance, Limonium remotispiculum of southern Italy and Limonium strictisissimum of Corsica and Caprera.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Crithmo-Limonietalia: Crithmo-Limonion: Limonietum emarginati, Crithmo-Limonietum girardiani, Crithmo-Limonietum dufourei, Crithmo-Helichrysetum decumbentis, Hippocrepido valentinae-Scabiosetum saxatilis, Teucrio flavii-Hippocrepidetum valentinae, Limonietum caprariensis, Crithmo maritimi-Limonietum cordati, Crithmo maritimi-Limonietum articulati (Crithmo-Limonietum dictyocladi), Crithmo maritimi-Limonietum pseudominuti, Crithmo maritimi-Limonietum obtusifolii, Crithmo maritimi-Limonietum tremolsii, Crithmo maritimi-Lotetum cytisoidis, Armerietum ruscinonensis, Armerio soleirolii-Seseletum praecoci, Thymelaeo-Helichrysetum italici, Asterisco-Helichrysetum microphylli, Crithmo-Limonietum remotispiculi, Crithmo-Limonietum anfracti i.a.

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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