37.1 - Lowland tall herb communities

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Dense stands of tall or medium-tall hygrophile herbs developed in strips on fertile alluvial stream banks of the boreal, nemoral and steppe zone lowlands, and, by extension, tall herb stands colonizing humid hay meadows and pastures after more or less long discontinuation of mowing or grazing. Higher altitude formations, most characteristic of the subalpine zone of mountains, are listed under unit 37.8; the highly distinctive, lowland and montane, very tall herb formations of the Pacific Far East are individualized under unit 37.9.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Molinio-Arrhenatheretea p.: Molinietalia caeruleae p.: Filipendulion ulmariae; Calamagrostetea langsdorffii p. i.a.

Bibliographie

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)

Ellenberg, 1963, 1988; Westhoff and den Held, 1975; Noirfalise & al., 1980; Soo, 1980; Wheeler, 1980c; Moravec & al., 1983; Matuszkiewicz, 1984; Nordiska ministerradet, 1984; Rivas-Martinez & al., 1984b; Rivas-Martinez & al., 1987; Oberdorfer, 1990; Korotkov & al., 1991; Walter and Breckle, 1991c; Pott, 1992; Rodwell, 1991b; Ellmauer and Mucina, 1993; Påhlsson, 1994.