22.322 - Dune-slack centaury swards

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Pioneer formations of humid calcareous sands of Atlantic and sub-Atlantic Europe, recorded from the North Sea coasts of northern France, Belgium, the Netherlands, England, Germany and Denmark, and from the Baltic coast of Germany, with Samolus valerandi, Centaurium littorale, Centaurium erythraea, Centaurium pulchellum, Gentianella amarella, Blackstonia perfoliata, Juncus bufonius, characteristic of humid dune slacks and dune pool fringes, on soils with low salinity.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Nanocyperion: Juncenion bufonii p.: Gentiano-Erythraeetum littoralis (Centaurio litoralis-Saginetum nodosae, Centaurio-Saginetum moliniformis)

Bibliographie

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)

Westhoff and den Held, 1975: 75-76; Oberdorfer, 1990: 34; Pott, 1992: 204; Julve, 1993: 14.