44.612 - Provenço-Languedocian poplar galleries

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Riparian gallery forests lining water courses and other water bodies of Provence and Languedoc, in particular the rivers of the Mediterranean periphery of the Pyrenees, the Languedocian rivers draining the Causses and the southern Central Massif, the Rh“ne and Durance systems, especially the Camargue, the Verdon, the Var, with Populus alba, Populus nigra, Ulmus minor, Fraxinus angustifolia (locally accompanied by Fraxinus excelsior), Acer negundo, Acer campestre, Acer platanoides, Celtis australis, Quercus pubescens, Alnus glutinosa, and an undergrowth with Cornus sanguinea, Rubus caesius, Sambucus nigra, Vitis vinifera ssp. sylvestris, Bryonia cretica, Humulus lupulus, Rubia peregrina, Solanum dulcamara, Alliaria petiolata, Cucubalus baccifer, Saponaria officinalis, Iris foetidissima, Arum italicum, Brachypodium sylvaticum, Carex pendula; Celtis australis may form facies locally (e.g. Est‚rel).

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Populetum albae 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, 1953; Molinier & al., 1976; Lavagne and Moutte, 1977; Girerd, 1978; Dierschke, 1980; Molinier and Martin, 1980; Ozenda, 1981; Yon and Tendron, 1981; Harant and Jarry, 1982; Devaux & al., 1983; Guinochet and Vilmorin, 1973; Darracq & al., 1984; Dupias, 1985; Baudière & al., 1988.