31.632 - Subalpine birch brush

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Thickets or brushes of the subalpine zone of the Alps, the Carpathians, the Hercynian ranges, usually at the tree-limit, dominated by shrubby or krumholtz birches, in particular, Betula carpatica, Betula pubescens, often with Sorbus aucuparia ssp. glabrata, Lonicera nigra, Prunus padus ssp. borealis (Padus petraea).

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)

Matuszkiewicz and Matuszkiewicz, 1975: 81-83; Jenik & al., 1980: 17-18; Matuszkiewicz, 1984; Schubert and Vent, 1990; Oberdorfer, 1990; Adler & al., 1994.