42.3222 - Limestone larch meadow forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Calcicolous forests of ubacs, often with very tall, vigorous trees and a rich grassy undergrowth in which, together with Luzula sylvatica and Luzula luzulina, Calamagrostis villosa, Sesleria albicans, Festuca rubra, Carex ferruginea or Carex firma can all locally dominate; acidophilous species, including Vaccinium vitis-idaea, Vaccinium myrtillus and Lycopodium annotinum, are confined to the foot of the larches.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Laricetum luzuletosum sylvaticae

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: 29-30