42.2121 - Adenostyles glabra subalpine spruce forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Picea abies or Picea abies-Larix decidua forests of subalpine to high montane slopes of the Alps developed on base-rich and usually lime-rich substrates, in particular, on dolomites, limestones, calcschists, green schists, usually on steep rocky slopes, with an undergrowth dominated by Adenostyles glabra (Adenostyles alpina).

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Adenostylo glabrae-Piceetum

Bibliographie

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)

Mayer, 1974: 56-59; Horvat & al., 1974: 364-365; Noirfalise, 1987: 45; Oberdorfer, 1992b: 73; Wallnöfer, 1993b: 312-313; Seliskar, 1998: 7.