53.61 - Mediterraneo-Pontic Ravenna cane communities

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Mediterranean and, locally, southern and southwestern Pontic, tall cane beds formed by Imperata cylindrica, Saccharum ravennae (Erianthus ravennae), Saccharum strictum, Saccharum spontaneum (Saccharum aegyptiacum), Arundo plinii, Hemarthria altissima, mostly lining temporary water courses, but also developing in damp depressions, in particular dune slacks.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Imperato-Erianthion

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)

Maire, 1952; Zohary, 1973; Rivas-Martinez & al., 1980; Pignatti, 1982; Izco & al., 1984; Meshinev and Apostolova, 1994; Trpin and Vres, 1995: 22.