44.6 - Mediterraneo-Turanian riverine forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Mediterranean and Central Eurasian multi-layered riverine forests with Populus spp., Ulmus spp., Salix spp., Alnus spp., Acer spp., Tamarix spp., Juglans regia, lianas. Tall poplars, Populus alba, Populus caspica, Populus euphratica (Populus diversifolia), are usually dominant in height; they may be absent or sparse in some associations which are then dominated by species of the genera listed above.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Populion albae i.a.

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)

Neumann and Skvortsov, 1969; Murray and Rechinger, 1969; Knapp, 1973; Horvat & al., 1974; Browicz, 1976; Zielinski, 1979; Dierschke, 1980; Yon and Tendron, 1981; Walter and Breckle, 1986: 292, 293, 311; Bondev, 1991.