37.82 - Alpigene tall grass communities

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Communities of the montane and subalpine levels of high and moderately high mountains of the Alpine system and neighbouring ranges, dominated by tall grasses, accompanied by a species cortŠge similar to that of the subalpine tall-herb communities.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Calamagrostetalia villosae: Calamagrostion arundinaceae, Calamagrostion villosae, Festucion carpaticae, Poo chaixii-Deschampsion cespitosae

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)

Guinochet and Vilmorin, 1973; Matuszkiewicz, 1980, 1984; Sanda & al., 1980; Moravec & al., 1983; Ozenda, 1985; Ellenberg, 1988; Belohlovkova and Fiserova, 1989; Oberdorfer, 1990, 1993a; Coldea, 1991; Karner and Mucina, 1993.