42.1332 - Alpine alpenrose fir forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Fir forests of the lower subalpine level of the western Alps, with Rhododendron ferrugineum, Vaccinium myrtillus, Homogyne alpina, Lonicera caerulea, Festuca flavescens, Huperzia selago.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Rhodoreto-Abietetum p.

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)

Gruber, 1978: 201; Ozenda, 1981: 210-211.