54.1214 - Middle European algal tufa springs

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Tufa springs in which the main building components are algae, in particular, Scytonema myochrous, Scytonema mirabile, Nostoc verrucosum, associated with the moss Eucladium verticillatum, known from Alpine and peri-Alpine regions and from the periphery of the Hercynian ranges.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Scytonematetum myochrous

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)

De Sloover and Goosens, 1984: 39, 42-45; Oberdorfer, 1992a: 213; Zechmeister, 1993: 235-236.