36.1114 - Luzula spadicea snow patch communities

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Luzula alpinopilosa ssp. obscura (Luzula spadicea)-dominated snow patch communities of moderate slopes of the Alps and the Carpathians submitted to prolonged snow cover, ecological variant of the Luzula spadicea scree communities of 61.113, more prevalent in the central and eastern Alps, the Tatras and the eastern Carpathians, characterized by an important representation of species of the Salicetea herbaceae, among which Poa granitica, Ranunculus montanus, Oligotrichum hercynicum.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Luzuletum spadiceae

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)

Matuszkiewicz, 1984: 76; Oberdorfer, 1990, 1992a; Coldea, 1991: 375; Pott, 1992; Englisch, 1993: 396-398.