31.832 - Alder buckthorn, rowan, honeysuckle thickets

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Atlantic deciduous thickets of poor soils of Western Europe and western and northern Central Europe dominated by Frangula alnus, Sorbus aucuparia, Lonicera periclymenum or other shrubs, with the exception of brambles (genus Rubus), included in unit 31.831, or of brooms (genus Cytisus), gorse (Ulex europaeus), hazel (Corylus avellana), bracken (Pteridium aquilinum), separately covered in units 31.84, 31.85, 31.8C1, 31.861, respectively.

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)

Vanden Berghen, 1982; Ellenberg, 1988; Rameau & al., 1989; Oberdorfer, 1990; Rodwell, 1991a: unit W24; Pott, 1992; Oberdorfer, 1992b: 105-106; Mucina, 1993c: 266; Wilmanns, 1993: 335; Schubert & al., 1995: 110-112.