36.4331 - Alpine cushion sedge carpets

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Open formations of the alpine level of the southeastern Alps, and, to a lesser extent, of the northeastern Alps, composed of cushions of Carex firma and other low-growing rosette or cushion plants among which Saxifraga caesia, Gentiana clusii, Gentiana froelichii, Gentiana terglouensis, Crepis jacquinii, Pedicularis rosea, Saussurea pygmaea, Dianthus monspessulanus ssp. sternbergii, Primula wulfeniana, Chamorchis alpina, Sesleria albicans, Carex mucronata, sometimes in association with mats of Dryas octopetala.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Seslerion caeruleae: Caricetum firmae (Firmetum), Gentiano terglouensis-Caricetum firmae

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)

Ellenberg, 1963, 1988; Braun-Blanquet, 1954, 1969a; Ozenda, 1981, 1985; Oberdorfer, 1990; Grabherr & al., 1993: 406-410; Seliskar, 1998: 16.