31.226 - Montane Calluna-Genista heaths

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Thermophile Calluna vulgaris heaths of the montane zone (beech forest level) of the Central Massif, the Pyrenees and the southwestern Alps, with Genista anglica, Genista pilosa, Vaccinium myrtillus and, often, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Calluno-Arctostaphylion uvae-ursi (Calluno-Genistion pilosae p.): Alchemillo-Callunetum, Helictotricho sulcatae-Callunetum, Violo caninae-Callunetum, Festuco filiformis-Callunetum vulgaris, Gentiano luteae-Arctostaphyletum uvae-ursi, Cytiso balansae-Arctostaphyletum uvae-ursi; Calluno-Genistion pilosae: Cytiso hirsuti-Callunetum; 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)

Noirfalise and Vanesse, 1976; Gruber, 1978; Rivas-Martinez, 1979: 74, 76; Bolos y Capdevila, 1987: 318-319, 323; Vigo and Ninot, 1987: 367; Salomez, 1990; Julve, 1993: 105-106; Oberdorfer, 1993a: 248.