31.8C1 - Atlantic and sub-Atlantic hazel thickets

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Corylus avellana-dominated thickets of the Atlantic and sub-Atlantic zones of middle Europe, a frequent facies of units 31.81 and 31.83, particularly in the most Atlantic areas of the British Isles, the Pyreneo-Cantabrian piedmont and northwestern Iberia.

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)

Nordiska ministerradet, 1984: unit 2.2.2.2a [p.]; Bournérias, 1984: 368-370; Rivas-Martinez & al., 1984b; Dupias, 1985; Ellenberg, 1988; Rodwell, 1991a: units W9 [p.], W11 [p.]; Jahn, 1991; Påhlsson, 1994: unit 2.2.3.2a [p.].