42.1111 - Sorrel fir forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Typical inner Alpine Abies alba forests with a predominance of mull-moder species such as Veronica urticifolia (Veronica latifolia), Melampyrum sylvaticum, Prenanthes purpurea, Oxalis acetosella, Luzula nivea; all fir forests of the intermediate and inner Alps can be included in this category with the exception of those that present clearly acidophilous or calciphilous facies and of the well-characterized local types listed immediately below.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Galio rotundifolii-Piceetum p. (Oxali-Abietetum, Galio rotundifolii-Abietum)

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)

Mayer, 1974: 88-95; Ozenda, 1981: 193-194; Richard and Pautou, 1982: 140-144; Noirfalise, 1987: 45; Wallnöfer, 1993b: 315-317.