42.4242 - Pyrenean bearberry mountain pine forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Pinus uncinata forests of calcareous Pyrenean adrets with Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Juniperus nana, Juniperus hemisphaerica, Cotoneaster integerrimus, Rhamnus alpinus, Amelanchier vulgaris, Dryas octopetala and a predominantly calciphilous herb layer comprising Festuca gautieri, Valeriana montana, Teucrium pyrenaicum, Hepatica nobilis, Hippocrepis comosa, Polygala calcarea, Sesleria caerulea, Helectotrichon sedenense (Avena montana), Primula suaveolens.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Arctostaphylo-Pinetum uncinatae

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)