53.1 - Reed beds

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Communities of the margins of Palaearctic lakes, inland seas and sea inlets, rivers and brooks, eutrophic marshes and swamps, based on sociations of tall helophyte Poaceae, Scirpus, Typha, horsetails or forbs, usually species-poor and often dominated by one species, growing in stagnant or slowly flowing water of fluctuating depths, and sometimes on waterlogged ground. They are classified according to dominant species which give them a distinctive appearance.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Phragmitetea (Phragmiti-Magnocaricetea): Phragmitetalia: Phragmition australis, Scirpion maritimi (Cirsio brachycephali-Bolboschoenion), Oenanthion aquaticae, Phalaridion arundinaceae

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)

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