36.313 - Pyreneo-Alpine hygrophile foxtail swards

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Subalpine and alpine hygro-mesophile, chionophilous grasslands of depressions with prolonged snow cover dominated by Alopecurus gerardii and Trifolium alpinum; they constitute a transition between siliceous grasslands and snowpatch communities, which they often ring.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Nardion strictae: Trifolio alpini-Alopecuretum gerardii, Ranunculo pyrenaicae-Alopecuretum gerardii p.

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)