31.6211 - Alpigenous small willow brush

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Subalpine, alpine and occasionally montane brushes and low scrubs of the Alps, the Apennines, the Jura, the western great Hercynian ranges, dominated by small shrubby, generally 0.5-2 metre tall, Salix species.

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)

Guinochet and Vilmorin, 1973; Pignatti, 1982; Polunin and Walters, 1985; Noirfalise, 1987; Ellenberg, 1988; Oberdorfer, 1990, 1993a; Newsholme, 1992; Pott, 1992; Karner and Mucina, 1993; Adler & al., 1994.