31.634 - Subalpine cherry brush

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Thickets or brushes of the subalpine zone of the Alps, the Carpathians, the Jura, the Hercynian ranges dominated by shrubby species of genus Prunus or related genera, in particular, Prunus padus ssp. borealis (Padus petraea), often with Sorbus aucuparia ssp. glabrata, Betula carpatica, Lonicera nigra.

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; Matuszkiewicz, 1984; Schubert and Vent, 1990; Oberdorfer, 1990; Adler & al., 1994.