31.612 - Corsican sweet alder brush

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

One to three metre-tall brush of the Corsican endemic Alnus viridis ssp. suaveolens, sometimes accompanied by a few Sorbus aucuparia, Acer pseudoplatanus or Rhamnus alpinus, limited to the moist, cool, north-facing slopes (ubacs) and, locally, to humid torrent galleries on the south-facing slopes (adrets) of the subalpine (1600-2100 m) belt of Corsica.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Cymbalarion hepaticifoliae: Alnetum suaveolentis

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)

Gamisans, 1976, 1985; Lambinon & al., 1978; Gamisans, 1991: 269-274, 361.