41.7 - Thermophilous and supra-Mediterranean oak woods

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Forests or woods of submediterranean climate regions and supramediterranean altitudinal levels, and of western Eurasian steppe and substeppe zones, dominated by deciduous or semideciduous thermophilous Quercus species; they may, under local microclimatic or edaphic conditions, replace the evergreen oak forests in mesomediterranean or thermomediterranean areas, and irradiate far north into medio-European or sub-Atlantic regions.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Quercetalia pubescenti-petraeae: Quercion pubescenti-petraeae, Ostryo carpinifoliae-Carpinion orientalis, Quercion frainetto, Jasmino-Juniperion excelsae, Carpinion orientalis 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)

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