34.4 - Thermophile forest fringes

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Woodland edge (hem) communities of the deciduous forest zone of middle Europe and its sub-Mediterranean approaches, composed of warmth-requiring drought-resistant herbaceous perennials and frutescent vegetation forming a belt between dry or mesophile grasslands and the shrubby forest mantle, on the sunny side, where the nutrient supply is limited, or, sometimes, pioneering the woodland colonization into the grasslands.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Trifolio-Geranietea: Origanitalia vulgaris, Melampyro-Holcetalia

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)

Ellenberg, 1963, 1988; Guinochet and Vilmorin, 1973; Schubert, 1973; Schumacher, 1977; Vanden Berghen, 1982; Moravec & al., 1983; Matuszkiewicz, 1984; Nordiska ministerradet, 1984: 5.2.1.3a; Duvigneaud, 1985; Zimmermann & al., 1989; Oberdorfer, 1990; Korotkov & al., 1991; Pott, 1992; Oberdorfer, 1993a; Julve, 1993; Mucina and Kolbek, 1993c; Påhlsson, 1994: 5.2.1.3b; Seliskar, 1998.