22.3418 - Mediterranean amphibious small herb communities

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Formations of Mediterranean temporarily inundated or wet terrain, including karstic pools, often highly ephemereal, dominated by annual small herbs, among which Elatine spp. (Elatine macropoda, Elatine gussonei, Elatine pedunculata), Damasonium bourgaei, Nananthea perpusilla, Morisia monanthos, Blackstonia perfoliata, Samolus valerandi, Radiola linoides, Myosurus minimus, Laurentia gasparrinii, Laurentia tenella.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Elatini macropodae-Damasonion alismae, Crassulo vaillantii-Lythrion borysthenici i.a.

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: 214-217; Molinier and Martin, 1980: XLII; Pignatti, 1982: II 136-137; Lanfranco, 1989: 24, 36; Gamisans, 1991: 126-127, 219; Sfikas, 1992: 136; Julve, 1993: 13-14; Lanfranco, 1999a, 1999b.