41.56 - Ibero-Atlantic acidophilous oak forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Forests or tall coppice of Quercus robur or Quercus petraea of the Pyrenees and northwestern Iberia, with an often species-poor herb layer formed by the groups of Deschampsia flexuosa and of Hypericum pulchrum, by Ruscus aculeatus and often various ericaceous plants including Daboecia cantabrica.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Quercenion robori-pyrenaicae: Blechno-Quercetum roboris, Tamo-Quercetum roboris, Linario-Quercetum petraeae, Teucrio-Quercetum petraeae, Veronico-Betuletum, Rusco-Quercetum roboris p., Vaccinio-Quercetum roboris, Narcisso-Quercetum roboris

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)

Braun-Blanquet & al., 1956; Tüxen and Oberdorfer, 1958; Vanden Berghen, 1969a; Dendaletche, 1973; Rivas-Martinez, 1974b; Ozenda & al., 1979; Rivas-Martinez & al., 1984b; Dupias, 1985; Loidi Arregui, 1987; Diaz Gonzalez and Fernandez Prieto, 1987; Navarro Andres and Valle Gutierrez, 1987; Bolos y Capdevila, 1987; Vigo and Ninot, 1987; Izco, 1987.