31.7451 - Pyreneo-Cantabrian cushion-heaths

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Cushion-heaths dominated by Genista hispanica ssp. occidentalis or Genista hystrix ssp. legionensis, often with Erica vagans, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi ssp. crassifolia or Lithodora diffusa, characteristic of the Pyreneen-Cantabrian system, where they may occur from the collinar to the subalpine level.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Genistion occidentalis: Lithodoro diffusae-Genistetum legionensis, Lithodoro diffusae-Genistetum occidentalis, Arctostaphylo crassifoliae-Genistetum occidentalis, Teucrio pyrenaici-Genistetum occidentalis

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)

Tüxen and Oberdorfer, 1958; Rivas Goday and Rivas-Martinez, 1968; Ozenda, 1975, 1985; Izco, 1979; Quézel, 1981b; Rivas-Martinez & al., 1984b; Dupias, 1985; Peinado Lorca and Rivas-Martinez, 1987.