36.12211 - Alpide Salix retusa-reticulata snowbed communities

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Salix reticulata or Salix retusa communities of calcareous stone fields with late-lying snow cover, of the Alps, the Pyrenees, the Apennines, the Carpathians, the Dinarides, the Pelagonides, the Rhodopides and their associated ranges, with Gentiana bavarica, Dryas octopetala, Sesleria varia, Sesleria rigida var. haynaldiana, Carex parviflora, Ranunculus alpestris, Saxifraga androsacea, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Saxifraga sempervivum, Omalotheca hoppeana (Gnaphalium hoppeanum), Homogyne discolor, Veronica alpina, Veronica aphylla, Plantago atrata (Plantago montana), Bartsia alpina, Anemone narcissiflora, Achillea schurii.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Salicetum retuso-reticulatae, Homogyno discoloris-Salicetum retusae, Soldanello alpinae-Salicetum retusae, Carici nigrae-Salicetum retusae

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)

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