22.442 - Nitella carpets

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Charophyte carpets developed on the bottom of unpolluted acid, neutral or slightly basic, lime-poor, oligotrophic to mesotrophic, lakes of the Palaearctic region, mostly formed by species of genus Nitella.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Nitelletalia flexilis: Nitellion flexilis, Nitellion syncarpo-tenuissimae

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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