54.1117 - Soft water lichen springs

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Bryophyte and encrusting lichen communities of lime-poor, often intermittent, springs of the high-alpine level of Palaearctic mountains of the Alpine system, formed by the lichen Dermatocarpon rivulorum and the mosses Brachythecium glaciale, Schistidium rivulare.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Dermatocarpion: Dermatocarpetum rivulorum i.a.

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)

Zechmeister, 1993: 227-229.