42.4212 - Spring heath mountain pine forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Mesoxerophile ubac Pinus uncinata forests of limestones and gypsums in the subalpine level of the inner Alps, with Erica herbacea, Amelanchier ovalis, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Carduus defloratus, Sesleria caerulea.

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)