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  4. POP - Alno glutinosae-Populetea albae P. Fukarek et Fabijanić 1968
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POP - Alno glutinosae-Populetea albae P. Fukarek et Fabijanić 1968
PUR - Salicetea purpureae Moor 1958

Classification phytosociologique européenne (Eurovegchecklist, 2016)

Diagnose

Riparian gallery forests of the Eurosiberian and Mediterranean regions

Remarques

pop01 : This class encompasses azonal alluvial forests of Europe, North Africa and the western regions of the Middle East. Formerly, most of the syntaxonomic content of this class was classified within the 'Querco-Fagetea', especially by Western and Central European authors, disregarding the principle of zonality/azonality. The two orders classified within this class reflect biogeographic (hence macro-climatic and evolutionary) drivers. The Alno-Fraxinetalia unites the European temperate alluvial forests, the Populetalia albae the Mediterranean gallery forests. It is commendable that Rivas-Martínez et al. (2002b) recognised this ecological paradox and attempted to remedy the situation by coining a class comprising azonal woodlands/forest and scrub. (LM) We consider the scrub sufficiently different, both physiognomically and floristically, to be considered a class in its own right (Salicetea purpureae). (LM).

Bibliography

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