31.635 - Subalpine ericaceous brush

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Thickets or brushes of the subalpine zone of the Alps, the Carpathians, the Jura dominated by large Vaccinium shrubs, often accompanied by tall herbs characteristic of the subalpine tall herb communities (unit 37.8).

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)

Guinochet and Vilmorin, 1973; Horvat & al., 1974; Dupias, 1985; Schubert and Vent, 1990; Wallnöfer, 1993b.