15.13 - Atlantic sea-pearlwort communities

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Formations of annual pioneers occupying sands subject to variable salinity and humidity, on the coasts, in the dunal systems and in the saltmarshes of the Atlantic, the North Sea and the Baltic. They are usually limited to small surfaces and best developed in the zone of contact between dune and saltmarsh. Characteristic species include Sagina maritima, Sagina nodosa, Cochlearia danica, Gentiana uliginosa, Centaurium littorale, Bupleurum tenuissimum.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Saginetea maritimae: Saginetalia maritimae: Saginion maritimae: Sagino maritimae-Cochlearietum danicae, Centaurio litoralis-Saginetum nodosae 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)

Westhoff and den Held, 1975; Géhu, Caron and Bon, 1975; Rebassoo, 1975: 74-75; Parent and Burny, 1981; Géhu, 1984a; Géhu and Géhu-Franck, 1984a; Géhu and Rivas-Martinez, 1984: 35, 39; Dijkema, 1984b: 86, 95; Dijkema & al., 1984; Matuszkiewicz, 1984; Ellenberg, 1988; Oberdorfer, 1990; Korotkov & al., 1991: 40; Pott, 1992; Julve, 1993: 39.