36.332 - Pyrenean Festuca eskia garland-grasslands

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Open, thermophile, stripped grasslands organized in ribbons retaining stony, almost bare steps on the adrets of the upper subalpine and lower alpine zones in the Pyrenees, formed by the hard, sharp-pointed, slippery, bright green, tufted Festuca eskia, sometimes associated with Carex sempervirens s.l.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Festucion eskiae

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)