Aralo-Caspian semi-desert

Zonal scrub on loamy and sandy-loamy, often subsaline soils of the semi-deserts of the Caucasus foothills, South-Eastern European Russia and Kazakhstan. The open vegetation is dominated by species of Artemisia and other sub-halophytic shrubs (e.g. Petrosimonia spp. and Salsola spp.). In the Caspian lowland, this habitat reaches its north-western distribution limit, having its main distribution in the desert regions surrounding the Caspian Sea, in the basin that used to support Aral Lake, and further into central Asia.

Código Eunis 2021: S67

Especies características

Diagnósticas

Agropyron fragile, Alhagi maurorum, Alyssum turkestanicum, Anabasis aphylla, Androsace maxima, Artemisia lerchiana, Artemisia scoparia, Artemisia taurica, Atriplex tatarica, Bassia prostrata, Bromus squarrosus, Caloplaca lobulata, Camphorosma monspeliaca, Ceratocarpus arenarius, Ceratocephala falcata, Chorispora tenella, Climacoptera brachiata, Climacoptera crassa, Descurainia sophia, Diplotomma alboatrum, Eremopyrum orientale, Eremopyrum triticeum, Erodium hoefftianum, Holosteum umbellatum, Iris scariosa, Lappula marginata, Lappula patula, Lecanora hagenii, Lepidium perfoliatum, Medicago medicaginoides, Medicago orthoceras, Meniocus linifolius, Neotorularia contortuplicata, Nonea caspica, Petrosimonia brachiata, Petrosimonia oppositifolia, Physcia adscendens, Poa bulbosa, Rinodina exigua, Salsola dendroides, Salsola kali, Senecio glaucus, Silene cyri, Tragopogon ruber, Tripleurospermum parviflorum, Tulipa biflora, Tulipa sylvestris, Xanthoparmelia camtschadalis, Xanthoparmelia ryssolea, Xanthoria parietina,

Dominantes

Artemisia lerchiana,

Constantes

Agropyron fragile, Alhagi maurorum, Alyssum turkestanicum, Anabasis aphylla, Androsace maxima, Anisantha tectorum, Artemisia lerchiana, Artemisia taurica, Atriplex tatarica, Bassia prostrata, Bromus squarrosus, Camphorosma monspeliaca, Carduus uncinatus, Ceratocarpus arenarius, Ceratocephala falcata, Chorispora tenella, Descurainia sophia, Eremopyrum orientale, Eremopyrum triticeum, Erodium hoefftianum, Holosteum umbellatum, Lepidium perfoliatum, Medicago medicaginoides, Medicago orthoceras, Meniocus linifolius, Neotorularia contortuplicata, Petrosimonia brachiata, Petrosimonia oppositifolia, Poa bulbosa, Salsola dendroides, Salsola kali, Syntrichia ruralis, Tulipa sylvestris, Xanthoparmelia camtschadalis, Xanthoria parietina,

Correspondencia con códigos EUNIS 2012

Tipo de relaciónCódigo EUNIS 2012
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