44.315 - Great horsetail ash-alder woods

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Fraxinus excelsior-Alnus glutinosa woods of calcareous inundated substrates adjacent to streams and springs of Great Britain and middle Europe, characterized by an abundant herb layer dominated by Equisetum telmateia and rich in mosses.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Equiseto telmateiae-Fraxinetum, Carici remotae-Fraxinetum p.

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)

Page, 1988: 195-196; Oberdorfer, 1990: 63; Rodwell, 1991a: unit W7b [p.]; Oberdorfer, 1992b: 145-146; Oberdorfer, 1992c: 245-259, 270-277; Wallnöfer & al., 1993: 98-99.