15.72 - Mediterranean halo-nitrophilous scrubs

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Nitrophilous scrubby formations typically of dry soils and arid climates, often greyish-white and semidesert-like, sometimes including taller, denser brushes. They are most frequent in the eastern Iberian peninsula, where characteristic shrubs include Peganum harmala, Artemisia herba-alba, Lycium intricatum, Capparis ovata and the Chenopodiaceae Salsola vermiculata, Salsola genistoides, Salsola verticillata, Suaeda pruinosa, Atriplex halimus, Atriplex glauca, Camphorosma monspeliaca, Anabasis articulata and Haloxylon articulatum.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Pegano-Salsoletea: Salsolo-Peganetalia: Salsolo-Peganion

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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