15.51 - Mediterranean tall rush saltmarshes

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Beds of tall Juncus maritimus, Juncus rigidus (Juncus maritimus var. arabicus, Juncus arabicus) or Juncus acutus of saline grounds of Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic coastlands and of endoreic interior basins of mediterranean Iberia and mediterranean North Africa, forming, in particular, in periodically inundated depressions , where they may associate with Carex extensa, Iris spuria, Gladiolus communis, Aster tripolium, Sonchus maritimus, Sonchus crassifolius or other elements of units 15.52 and 15.54, and in sandy dunal depressions, where they may alternate with stands of Schoenus nigricans or other formations of unit 15.53.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Juncion maritimi, Plantaginion crassifoliae, p., i.a.

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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