Tamarisk scrub of the semi-desert and desert zones of Central Asia, the Eastern Chinese and Mongolian deserts, Middle East and the Lower Volga River valley
Tamaricetea arceuthoidis Akhani et Mucina 2015
Tamaricetea arceuthoidis Akhani et Mucina 2015
tam01 | The Tamaricetea arceuthoidis described only lately (Akhani & Mucina 2015) comprises riparian scrub communities of saline and subsaline alluvial habitats along mainly intermittent rivers. The core region of distribution of this syntaxon is the Irano-Turanian Floristic Region (unlike the Mediterranean for the Nerio-Tamaricetea) of continental Central Asia and the Middle East. Represented by the order Elaeagno turcomanicae-Tamaricetalia ramossissimae Akhani et Mucina 2015, it reaches the territory of Europe in the region of the Lower Volga River valley. (L. Mucina).