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In southern France the phenomorphology of plants was studied in Languedoc. Cévennes and Provence. At all sites examined (Fig. 2.1.1) the rainfall regime is Mediterranean with maximal precipitation in winter and a relatively dry summer, but there is no absolutely dry month without rain. The vegetation, however, is marginal-Mediterranean especially in the Cévennes and Languedoc. In the Provence sites where the amount of rain in the summer months is somewhat smaller and the degree of aridity somewhat higher, the vegetation tends to be more typically Mediterranean. Edaphically the parent rock in Languedoc and Cévennes is calcareous while in Provence it is either schists or siliceous sands.
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Floret, C., Galan, M.J., Le Floc’h, E., Leprince, F., Romane, F. (1989). France. In: Orshan, G. (eds) Plant Pheno-morphological Studies in Mediterranean Type Ecosystems. Geobotany, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3107-7_2
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