87 - Terrains en friche et terrains vagues

Fallow land, waste places

Typologie des habitats de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Descriptif anglais

Fields abandoned or left to rest, roadsides and other interstitial spaces on disturbed ground. They are colonised by numerous pioneering, introduced or nitrophilous plants. They sometimes provide habitats that can be used by animals of open spaces. Expanses occupied by colonies of forbs planted for purposes of soil protection, stabilization, fertilization or reclamation.

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)

Ellenberg, 1963, 1988; Knapp, 1973; Zohary, 1973; Phillips, 1986; Morrison, 1989; Oberdorfer, 1993b; Mucina and Ellmauer, 1993; Hoda & al., 1998: 8.