42.55 - Inner Alpine sandwort steppe forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Xerophile, acidophilous, Pinus sylvestris forests of the montane level of southwestern inner Alpine valleys (Maurienne, Guisane, Dora-Riparia, Chisone) where they replace the formations of the Ononido-Pinion on strongly siliceous adrets, with Deschampsia flexuosa and Minuartia laricifolia dominant.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Erico-Pinetea: Erico-Pinetalia: Deschampsio-Pinion: Deschampsio-Pinetum

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)

Wendelberger, 1963; Ozenda, 1985; Noirfalise, 1986, 1987.