32.9 - Ermes

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Communities of forbs, grasses and shrubs resulting from over-browsing and over-grazing of garrigues and consisting of unpalatable plants, in particular Liliaceae (Asphodelus, Urginea), thistles (Carthamus, Carlina, Centaurea, Onopordum), Phlomis, Ferula, especially characteristic of the more arid areas of the Mediterranean basin.

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)

Le Houérou, 1986; Horvat & al., 1974; Lanfranco, 1999a; Schembri, 1999b.