37.212 - Globe flower-brook thistle meadows

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Wet meadows of montane areas of the higher Hercynian ranges, the Jura and the Alpine piedmont rich in Trollius europaeus and Cirsium rivulare, replacing the cabbage thistle meadows of unit 37.212 at higher altitudes. Their cortŠge includes Cirsium oleraceum, Caltha palustris, Lychnis flos-cuculi, Myosotis palustris, Geum rivale, Festuca pratensis, Galium album, Ranunculus acris, Holcus lanatus and, sometimes, in particular in the Swiss Jura, Fritillaria meleagris.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Trollio-Cirsietum rivularis (Valeriano-Cirsietum oleracei, Trollio-Cirsietum oleracei, Trollio-Cirsietum salisburgensis, Cirsietum rivularis p.), Polygono-Trollietum altissimi i.a.

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)

Moravec & al., 1983: 50; Ellenberg, 1988: 573; Pott, 1992: 233; Oberdorfer, 1993b: 348-358, 372; Julve, 1993: 87; Ellmauer and Mucina, 1993: 317-318; Schubert & al., 1995: 295; Seliskar, 1998: 16.