32.2 - Thermo-Mediterranean shrub formations

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Shrub formations characteristic of the thermo-Mediterranean zone. Included here are those formations, for the most part indifferent to the siliceous or calcareous nature of the substrate, that reach their greatest extention or optimal development in the thermo-Mediterranean zone. Also included are the numerous, strongly characterized, thermophile formations endemic to the south of the Iberian peninsula, mostly thermo-Mediterranean but sometimes meso-Mediterranean; in their great local diversity they are a western counterpart of, and sometimes approach in appearance, the mostly eastern Mediterranean phryganas, which, however, on account of their strong structural singularity, are listed separately under 33.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Pistacio-Rhamnetalia alaterni: Oleo-Ceratonion, Asparago-Rhamnion oleoidis, Periplocion angustifoliae, Rhamno-Quercion cocciferae p., Juniperion lyciae p., Ceratonio-Rhamnion: Phlomidetalia purpureae: Anthyllidetalia terniflorae: Calluno-Ulicetalia: Stauracanthenion boivinii, Ericenion umbellatae p.: Lavanduletalia stoechidis: Stauracantho genistoidis-Halimion halimifolii, Ulici argentei-Cistion ladaniferi p.

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)

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