31.8123 - Rock pear scrub

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Possibly primary scrub formations of the Hercynian ranges and their vicinity, the Jura, the Alpine periphery and Alpine inner valleys, with Cotoneaster integerrimus, Cotoneaster tomentosus and Amelanchier ovalis developed on very shallow soils between Xerobromion grasslands and open xerothermic oak woods.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Berberidion (Amelanchierion ovalis p.): Cotoneastro-Amelanchieretum

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: 549-550; Duvigneaud and Saintenoy-Simon, 1988b; Rameau & al., 1989; Oberdorfer, 1990, 1992b: 85-86; Pott, 1992; Wirth, 1993; Julve, 1993: 114; Schubert & al., 1995; Duvigneaud and Saintenoy-Simon, 1997; Seliskar, 1998: 10.