16.223 - Mediterraneo-Atlantic grey dune communities

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Fixed dunes of the western and central Mediterranean and of the thermo-Atlantic coasts of Portugal, southwestern Spain and North Africa, colonized by communities mostly composed of fruticose species, with Crucianella maritima, Artemisia crithmifolia, Armeria pungens, Armeria welwitschi, Helichrysum decumbens, Helichrysum italicum, Teucrium spp., Ephedra distachya, Pancratium maritimum.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Helichryso-Crucianelletea maritimae: Helichryso-Crucianelletalia maritimae: Crucianellion maritimae: Artemisio crithmifoliae-Armerietum pungentis, Teucrio dunense-Helichrysetum decumbentis, Artemisio crithmifoliae-Armerietum welwitschi, Teucrio-Crucianelletum maritimae, Crucianelletum maritimae, Vulpio-Ephedretum distachyae, Loto-Crucianelletum maritimae, Pycnocomo rutifolii-Crucianelletum maritimae, Crucianello-Armerietum pungentis, Helichryso italici-Ephedretum distachyae, 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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