64.4 - Fluviatile dunes

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Dunes of the great rivers of middle Europe (Seine, Loire, Saone, upper Rhine, upper Elbe). Like the fluvioglacial dunes of northern Europe, they carry specialized and rare ecosystems. They are much more calcareous than the northern inland dunes and their grasslands (units 34.12, 34.34, i.a.) have a substeppic character contrasting with that of neighbouring regions. They are highly vulnerable. A small remnant exists in the Po plain of northern Italy.

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)

Groppali & al., 1980; Géhu, 1985; Ellenberg, 1988.