17.23 - Tethyan gravel beach communities

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Very open, low formations of annuals and perennials of Mediterranean, thermo-Atlantic and Black Sea gravel and shingle beaches, occupying accumulations of drift material, sandy gravels and gravels rich in nitrogenous organic matter; characteristic are Cakile maritima ssp. aegyptiaca, Cakile maritima ssp. euxina, Enarthrocarpus arcuatus, Matthiola sinuata, Matthiola tricuspidata, Salsola kali, Atriplex spp., Polygonum spp., Euphorbia peplis, Euphorbia paralias, Glaucium flavum, Eryngium maritimum.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Cakiletea maritimae: Euphorbietalia peplis p.: Euphorbion peplis p.; Euphorbio paralia-Ammophiletea arundinaceae p.: Ammophiletalia arundinaceae p.: Ammophilion australis p.; Retametea raetami p.: Ammophiletalia mediterraneo-orientalis p.: Eryngion maritimi

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)

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