24.223 - Montane river gravel low brush

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Communities of low shrubby pioneers invading the herbaceous formations of units 24.221 and 24.222 on gravel deposits rich in fine silt of mountain and northern boreal Palaearctic streams with an alpine, summer-high, flow regime. Myricaria germanica and Salix spp. are characteristic. Precise communities can be indicated by use of codes from unit 44, in particular unit 44.11.

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)

Ellenberg, 1963, 1988; Nordiska ministerradet, 1984; Påhlsson, 1994; Seliskar, 1998: 13.