31.231 - Maritime gorse heaths

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Wind-swept heaths with prostrate, cushiony gorse or broom (Ulex europaeus f. maritimus, Ulex gallii f. humilis, Cytisus scoparius ssp. maritimus), Erica vagans, Erica cinerea, Calluna vulgaris, and numerous other maritime ecotypes, of cliff tops of promontories and islands of Brittany, Cotentin, southern Ireland, Cornwall, Wales, the Cantabrian coast and Galicia.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Ulicetalia minoris (Calluno-Ulicetalia): Dactylo-Ulicion maritimae: Ulici (europaei) maritimi-Ericetum vagantis, Ulici (europaei) maritimi-Ericetum cinereae, Ulici (gallii) humilis-Ericetum cinereae, Dactylo-Sarothamnetum maritimi, Sileno maritimae-Ulicetum humilis

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)

Corillion, 1963: 15; Géhu, 1973: 368-369; Rivas-Martinez, 1979: 38-43; Rodwell, 1991b: unit H7 [p.]; Julve, 1993: 104-105.