17.6 - Gravel bank woods

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Gravel banks of the coasts of the Palaearctic region, colonised by woodland or riparian thickets, in particular, Mediterranean gravel banks colonized by Quercus ilex low woods, by Tamarix africana or Vitex agnus-castus formations. Codes of units 32.1, 41, 42, 44, 45 can be used, in conjunction with that of unit 17.6, to specify the habitat.

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)

Paradis and Piazza, 1995: 77.