44.5132 - Western Mediterranean alder estuarine galleries

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Estuarine alder forests of Corsica, formed by Alnus glutinosa in dense, nearly pure stands, composed of a mosa‹c of riverine-like formations and of swampy, permanently inundated forests somewhat akin to the swamp forests of unit 44.913.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Hyperico-Alnetum ranunculetosum, Hyperico-Alnetum vitietosum

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)

Gamisans, 1991: 326-328.