44.131 - Western European white willow forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Arborescent galleries of tall Salix alba, Salix fragilis and Salix x rubens, lining lowland, hill or submontane rivers of Atlantic and sub-Atlantic middle Europe, outside of the main native range of Populus nigra, which may nevertheless appear sporadically, or as a naturalized alien.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Salicion albae: Salicetum albae, Salicetum fragilis

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)

Ellenberg, 1963, 1988: 259-260; Westhoff and den Held, 1975; Bournérias, 1979; Yon and Tendron, 1981; Géhu, 1984a; Noirfalise, 1984: unit VIII.3; Oberdorfer, 1990; Rodwell, 1991a: unit W6b; Pott, 1992: 331; Grass, 1993: 52-55.