15.61 - Mediterranean saltmarsh scrubs

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Low shrubby expanses of woody glassworts, seablites, sea purslanes or Halocnemum, characteristic of temporarily inundated saltmarshes of Mediterranean coasts, southwestern Iberian and northwestern African Atlantic coasts and interior Iberian basins. They can be further subdivided according to dominant species, generally associated with patterns of inundation. Cistanche lutea characterises many southern formations.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Arthrocnemetalia fruticosi: Arthrocnemion fruticosi, Arthrocnemion glauci, Suaedion brevifoliae, Limonion ferulacei

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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