32.7 - Pseudomaquis

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Mixed sclerophyllous evergreen and deciduous shrub thickets of the periphery of the range of Mediterranean sclerophyllous scrublands. They include, in particular, shrub formations of the Balkan and Italic peninsulas intermediate between Mediterranean maquis and schibljak, resulting from the degradation of the Ostryo-Carpinion, with a mixture of evergreen and deciduous bushes including Quercus coccifera, Juniperus oxycedrus, Quercus trojana, Carpinus orientalis, Ostrya carpinifolia, Pistacia terebinthus, Buxus sempervirens, Berberis cretica, Paliurus spina-christi, Pyrus spinosa, Rosa spp., similar Iberian formations with Amelanchier ovalis, Prunus lusitanica, Ilex aquifolium, French and Italian formations with Quercus pubescens and Quercus ilex, formations of Mediterranean Asia Minor and the Levant dominated by mixed deciduous and evergreen shrubs or small trees, in particular, Quercus coccifera (Quercus calliprinos) and Pistacia palaestina.

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)

Adamovic, 1906; Zohary, 1973; Jakucs, 1973; Horvat & al., 1974; Tomaselli, 1981a; Polunin and Walters, 1985; Strid, 1989; Bondev, 1991.