16.25 - Dune nemoral thickets

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Dense formations of large, mostly deciduous, shrubs of nemoral affinities of the coastal dunes and dune-slacks of the boreal, nemoral, steppe, mediterranean and warm-temperate humid zones of the Palaearctic region; they include sea-buckthorn, privet, elder, willow, gorse or broom, often festooned with creepers such as honeysuckle or white bryony (Bryonia cretica).

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Prunetalia spinosae: Ligustro-Hippophaeion rhamnoidis p., Lonicerion periclymeni p., Pruno-Rubion ulmifolii p., "Sambuco-Berberidion"

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)

Westhoff and den Held, 1975; LahondŠre, 1980; Parent and Burny, 1981; Géhu, 1985; Kolbek & al., 1989.