34.712 - Mediterraneo-montane Sesleria steppes

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

More closed Sesleria albicans var. elegantissima-dominated grasslands occupying usually exiguous surfaces of somewhat shaded slopes, ledges, rocky corridors and snow-retaining cliff-bases in the Causses and other low mountains of the Mediterranean periphery of southern France and Catalonia, in particular Montserrat, the CorbiŠres, the montagne d'Alaric and western Provence.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Seslerio-Phyteumetum = "Helianthemeto-Seslerietum": Conopodio-Seslerietum elegantissimae: "Seslerieto-Gentianetum corbariensis, Seslerietum mediterraneo-montanum Erysimeto-Seslerietum caeruleae

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)