31.631 - Subalpine Sorbus brush

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Thickets of the subalpine zone of the Alps, the Carpathians, the Jura, the Hercynian ranges, dominated by Sorbus aucuparia ssp. glabrata, Sorbus chamaemespilus, Sorbus mougeotii, Sorbus ambigua, Sorbus austriaca or other shrubby Sorbus species, in particular, tree-limit formations with Betula carpatica, Lonicera nigra, Prunus padus ssp. borealis (Padus petraea).

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Pado-Sorbetum p., Athyrio-Sorbetum, Piceo-Sorbetum aucupariae p., Sorbo-Calamagrostietum arundinaceae p. i.a.

Bibliographie

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)

Matuszkiewicz and Matuszkiewicz, 1975: 80-81, 82-83; Matuszkiewicz, 1984: 96, 194; Borysiak, 1985; Schubert and Vent, 1990; Oberdorfer, 1990, 1993a; Pott, 1992; Wallnöfer, 1993b; Adler & al., 1994; Trpin and Vres, 1995: 86.