53.113 - Giant Phragmites beds

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Formations of the very tall Phragmites "maximus", occurring locally in the Mediterranean basin, in particular on islets of lagoons of the east coast of Spain, where they harbour the very local, spectacular Kosteletzkya pentacarpos.

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)

Zohary, 1973; Costa, 1987: 294.