36.1113 - Alpic acid cudweed snow-patch communities

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Communities of areas covered by snow for six to eight months, with Carex foetida, Alopecurus gerardii, Omalotheca supina (Gnaphalium supinum) (including Omalotheca supina var. pusilla), Lepidium stylatum, Alchemilla pentaphyllea, Mucizonia sedoides, (Umbilicus sedoides, Sedum candollei), Sedum alpestre, Cardamine alpina, Carex pyrenaica, of the Alps, the eastern Carpathian system, the ranges of the Balkan peninsula, the Pyrenees; they extend to the subalpine level and include the isolated cryoro-Mediterranean formations of the Cordillera Central and the Sierra Nevada.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Caricetum foetidae, Alopecuro-Caricetum foetideae, Cardamino alpinae-Gnaphalietum supini, Cerastio-Mniobryetum, Gnaphalio-Sedetum candollei, Sedo-Gnaphalietum pusilli, Omalotheco pusillae-Lepidietum stylati, Arenarietum bifoliae, Soldanello pusillae-Ranunculetum crenati, Soldanello hungaricae-Ranunculetum crenati, Poo supinae-Cerastietum cerastoidis i.a.

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)

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