42.3 - Alpine larch-arolla forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Forests of the subalpine and sometimes montane levels of the Alps and the Carpathians, dominated by Larix decidua or Pinus cembra; the two species may form either pure or mixed stands, and may be associated with Picea abies or, in the western Alps, Pinus uncinata.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Laricio-Cembrion

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)

Ellenberg, 1963, 1988; Mayer, 1974; Ozenda, 1985; Noirfalise, 1986, 1987; Oberdorfer, 1990.