35.3 - Mediterranean therophytic siliceous grasslands

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

West Mediterranean and Dalmatian annual-rich grasslands of siliceous gravelly, sandy or silty, usually shallow, soils that remain cohesive during the dry season; they are rich in small Fabaceae, in particular of genera, Trifolium, Lathyrus, Ornithopus, Lupinus, Anthyllis, Coronilla and grasses of genera Corynephorus, Aira, Airopsis, Molineria, Vulpia, Briza, Anthoxanthum, Micropyrum; among characteristic species, shared by eastern and western formations, are Tuberaria guttata, Silene gallica, Linaria pelisseriana, Plantago bellardii, Galium divaricatum.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Helianthemion guttati (Tuberarion guttatae), Vulpio-Lotion

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)

Duvigneaud, 1953; Molinier, 1957; Jasiewicz, 1963; Aubert and Loisel, 1971; Guinochet and Vilmorin, 1973; Horvat & al., 1974; Braun-Blanquet, 1977; Rivas-Martinez, 1977a; Lavagne and Moutte, 1977; Lapraz, 1978; Molinier and Martin, 1980; Devaux & al., 1983; Ladero Alvarez, 1987; Rivas-Martinez and Costa, 1987; Asensi Marfil and Diez Garretas, 1987; Aparicio Martinez and Silvestre Domingo, 1987; Martinez Parras & al., 1987.