42.5B1 - Pyrenean xerophile Scots pine forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Montane and lower subalpine Pinus sylvestris or Pinus sylvestris and Pinus uncinata forests of dry adrets of the southern flanks of the Pyrenees and of the Val d'Aran, with a shrub layer comprising Juniperus hemisphaerica, Cytisus purgans, Buxus sempervirens and an herb layer dominated by Deschampsia flexuosa, accompanied by, among others, Veronica officinalis.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Veronico-Pinetum sylvestris

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)

Dupias, 1985; Vigo and Ninot, 1987.