54.1113 - Pohlia springs

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Bryophyte dominated spring communities of alpine, subalpine, boreoalpine or arctoalpine, well-lit, lime-poor cold waters of the Palaearctic domaine dominated by light green mosses of genus Pohlia, in particular, Pohlia wahlenbergii (Mniobryum albicans), Pohlia ludwigii, with a sparse, arctoalpine vascular species cortŠge.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Mniobryetum albicantis (Mniobryetum wahlenbergii-ludwigii), Pohlietum glacialis, Poo alpinae-Mniobryetum albicantis

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)

Nordiska ministerradet, 1984; Hadac, 1985a: 151-152; Oberdorfer, 1990; Rodwell, 1991b: 29, unit M33; Pott, 1992: 170-171; Zechmeister, 1993: 226; Påhlsson, 1994.