42.422 - Outer Alpine juniper-bearberry mountain pine forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Pinus uncinata forests of the calcareous ranges of the western pre-Alps (cf. unit 42.411) and the Jura, on less evolved soils than those of unit 42.411, which do not allow the development of Rhododendron ferrugineum heaths.

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)