42.631 - Causses Salzmann's pine forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Isolated Pinus salzmannii var. cebennensis woods of the southern edge of the Causses, with an undergrowth typical of supra-Mediterranean white oak forests at the upper limit and of evergreen oak forests at lower altitudes; Buxus sempervirens is usually abundant.

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)

Braun-Blanquet, 1955b; Vanden Berghen, 1963.