31.6 - Subalpine and oroboreal bush communities

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Bushy facies of the tall herb communities of moist, rich soils of Eurasian mountains, mostly characteristic of the subalpine zone of the higher ranges of the Alpine system and its satellites, and of the slopes of lesser ranges in the boreal zone (cf. unit 37.8).

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Betulo-Adenostyletea p.

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; McVean, 1964a; Horvat & al., 1974; Vanden Berghen, 1982; Nordiska ministerradet, 1984; Polunin and Walters, 1985; Oberdorfer, 1990, 1993a; Karner and Mucina, 1993; Påhlsson, 1994.