42.632 - Pre-Pyrenean Salzmann's pine forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Meso- and supra-Mediterranean Pinus salzmannii var. pyrenaica forests of Pyrenean foothills; they are extensive in the southeastern foothills, with outposts in the central foothills, in Catalonian ranges and, very locally, on the north side of the range (Valley of the Tˆt, Conflent). The understorey is formed by the cortŠge of Quercus ilex (Juniperus oxycedrus, Rosmarinus officinalis, Quercus ilex) at low altitudes, and by that of Quercus pubescens (Buxus sempervirens, Juniperus communis, Amelanchier ovalis, Cornus sanguinea, Lonicera etrusca) at higher altitudes.

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)

Ortuno and Ceballos, 1977; Dupias, 1985; Vigo and Ninot, 1987.