32.214 - Lentisc brush

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Pistacia lentiscus -dominated or -rich formations, widespread and abundant in thermo-Mediterranean and coastal meso-Mediterranean zones of the entire Mediterranean basin; locally, similar formations may appear in warm inland meso-Mediterranean areas. Often low and sometimes very open, the lentisc brush can in favourable situations reach a height of several metres, grading into arborescent matorral (unit 32.123).

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)

Holmboe, 1914: 278, 280-285; Knapp, 1973: 484; Gamisans, 1991: 115-119; Turland & al., 1993: 7; Paradis and Piazza, 1993: 243; Jahn and Schönfelder, 1995: 16; Lanfranco, 1999a; Schembri, 1999b.