54.1111 - Montane soft water moss springs

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Spring communities of montane, sometimes collinar, lowland or subalpine, well-lit, lime-poor waters of the Palaearctic domaine dominated by mosses, in particular, Philonotis fontana, with Epilobium nutans, Epilobium obscurum, Epilobium palustre, Epilobium parviflorum, Montia fontana, Stellaria alsine, Galium uliginosum, Ranunculus repens, Veronica beccabunga, Equisetum fluviatile.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Epilobio nutantis-Montion (Cardamino-Montion s.s., Cardamino-Montion p., Montion s.s.)

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)

Westhoff and den Held, 1975: 191; Schumacher, 1977; Bournérias, 1979, 1984; Moravec & al., 1983: 37; Hadac, 1983: 342-345; Matuszkiewicz, 1984: 75; Oberdorfer, 1990; Rodwell, 1991b: 29, unit M35; Coldea, 1991: 412-416; Pott, 1992: 168-169; Oberdorfer, 1992a: 205; Zechmeister, 1993: 220-222; Schubert & al., 1995: 218.