36.333 - Arverno-Alpine varicoloured fescue garland-grasslands

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Open, thermophile, stripped grasslands of the adrets of the (mostly) southern Alps and Central Massif, formed by calcifuge species of the hard, sharp-pointed Festuca varia group (Festuca varia, Festuca scabriculmis), often associated with Carex sempervirens s.l.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Festucion variae: Festucetum variae, Festuco-Potentilletum valderiae

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)