15.33 - Atlantic upper schorre communities

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Often relatively species-rich, grassy, flowery formations characteristic of the upper levels of the salt meadows of the Atlantic and its connected seas, with Armeria maritima, Glaux maritima, Plantago maritima, Frankenia laevis, Artemisia maritima, Festuca rubra, Agrostis stolonifera, Juncus gerardi, Carex extensa, Blysmus rufus, Eleocharis spp.. Similar communities occupying the lower levels of brackish meadows, in particular of the Baltic, are included, while formations restricted to brackish conditions are listed under unit 15.34. The dominance of various species induces distinctive facies, the most important of which are individualised in subunits.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Armerion maritimae, Eleocharion uniglumis

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)

Beeftink, 1965; Géhu & al., 1975; Géhu and Delzenne, 1975; Duvigneaud, 1975; Westhoff and den Held, 1975; Rebassoo, 1975; Hanso, 1975; Parent and Burny, 1981; Dijkema & al., 1984; Drachenfels & al., 1984; Géhu and Géhu-Franck, 1984a; Géhu, 1984a, 1986; Nordiska ministerradet, 1984; Matuszkiewicz, 1984; Noirfalise, 1986; Diaz Gonzalez and Fernandez Prieto, 1987; Ellenberg, 1988; Oberdorfer, 1990; Korotkov & al., 1991; Pott, 1992; Påhlsson, 1994: unit 4.2.2.