42.133 - Alpenrose fir forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

High-altitude fir forests characteristic of ubacs of the Pyrenees and southwestern Alps, outside of the range of spruce, with Rhododendron ferrugineum, Vaccinium myrtillus, Homogyne alpina, Festuca flavescens.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Rhodoreto-Abietetum, Homogyno alpinae-Abietetum

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)

Gruber, 1978; Ozenda, 1981; Dupias, 1985; Vigo and Ninot, 1987.