32.22 - Formations à Euphorbes

Tree-spurge formations

Classification des habitats CORINE biotopes

Descriptif officiel

Stands of Euphorbia dendroides, remarkable tertiary relict of Macaronesian origin; they occur as a facies of the thermo-Mediterranean brushes of the Balearics, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Islas Eolie, Egadi, Pelagi, Pantelleria, Crete, and, very locally, of those of the coasts of northern Catalonia, southeastern France, peninsular Italy and its islands, central Greece, notably on slopes facing the gulf of Corinth, the Peloponnese and the Aegean archipelagoes. Particularly extensive and robust stands occur in Sicily, Sardinia and Crete where they may extend to relatively high altitudes.

Description en français

Stations à Euphorbia dendroides, remarquable relique tertiaire d'origine Macaronésienne ; elles sont présentes en tant que faciès des fruticées thermo-méditerranéennes de Corse, et très localement des côtes nord de Catalogne, du sud-est de la France.

Bibliographie

Devillers P., Devillers-Terschuren J., Ledant J.-P. & coll., 1991. CORINE biotopes manual. Habitats of the European Community. Data specifications - Part 2. EUR 12587/3 EN. European Commission, Luxembourg, 300 p. (Source)

Rechinger, 1951 ; Bolos et al., 1970 ; Pignatti, 1972 ; Horvat et al., 1974 ; Brullo et al., 1977 ; Rivas-Martinez et al., 1980 ; Ozenda, 1981 ; Becker et al., 1982 ; Lopez Gonzalez, 1982 ; Gamisans, 1985 ; Chiappini, 1985b ; Peinado Lorca and Rivas-Martinez, 1987.