36.1115 - Hercynian acid snow patch communities

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Acidophilous snow patch communities of the higher Hercynian ranges, in particular the Sudeten, the Black Forest, the Vosges, with Nardus stricta, Omalotheca supina (Gnaphalium supinum), Plantago atrata, Salix herbacea, Polytrichum gracile, Polytrichum norvegicum, or with Luzula desvauxii.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Polytricho gracilis-Nardetum, Luzuletum desvauxii, Nardo-Gnaphalietum supini 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)

Moravec & al., 1983; Matuszkiewicz and Matuszkiewicz, 1975: 105; Jenik & al., 1980: 7; Oberdorfer, 1992a; Pott, 1992; Englisch, 1993: 395-396.