36.4141 - Alpine violet fescue swards

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Alpine grasslands dominated by fescues of the Festuca violacea group (Festuca nigricans, Festuca norica), Trifolium thalii, Trifolium badium, Trollius europaeus, Linum alpinum, Anemone narcissiflora, Onobrychis montana, Lathyrus laevigatus, Oxytropis campestris, Oxytropis triflora, Pedicularis verticillata, Phyteuma orbiculare; usually grazed, they tend, with increased fertilization, towards the pastures of the Poion alpinae (unit 36.52).

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Caricion ferrugineae p.: Festuco violaceae-Trifolietum thalii i.a.

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)

Braun-Blanquet, 1954, 1969a; Sutter, 1967; Berset, 1969; Ellenberg, 1963, 1988; Gruber, 1978; Ozenda, 1981, 1985; Barbero & al., 1982; Julve, 1993: 56; Grabherr & al., 1993: 426-428.