42.641 - Dense montane laricio forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Pinus laricio forests of the montane level of Corsica, where they replace beech forests, either entirely in some ranges or mostly on adrets and as subclimax communities elsewhere. The undergrowth, fairly similar to that of beech forests, includes Ilex aquifolium, Daphne laureola, Pteridium aquilinum, Allium pendulinum, Helleborus lividus ssp. corsicus, Galium odoratum. Epiphytic lichens are often abundant, including Cetraria glauca, Hypogymnia bitteriana.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Galio-Pinetum luzuletosum

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)