31.47 - Alpide bearberry heaths

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Mats of Arctostaphylos uva-ursi or Arctostaphylos alpinus of the alpine, subalpine and locally, montane, belts of the Alps, the Pyrenees, the northern and central Apennines, the Dinarides, the Carpathians, the Balkan Range, the Rhodopides (south to the Slavianka-Orvilos, the Menikion, the Pangeon, the Falakron and the Rhodopi), the Moeso-Macedonian mountains (including Athos), the Pelagonides (south to the Greek Macedonian border ranges Tzena, Pinovon and Kajmakchalan) and Olympus, in the Thessalian mountains, mostly on calcareous substrates.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Seslerietea albicantis: Rhododendro hirsuti-Ericetalia carneae: Ericion carneae (Erico-Pinion p.): Ericetum carneae p., Rhododendretum hirsuti p. (Erico-Rhododendretum hirsuti p., Rhododendro hirsuti-Pinetum mugi p., Rhododendro hirsuti-Mugetum p., Erico-Pinetum mugi p.); Juniperion nanae: Junipero-Arctostaphyletum p. (Arctostaphylo-Juniperetum nanae p.); Chrysopogoni-Saturejon: Carici-Centaureetum rupestris p. i.a.

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; Horvat & al., 1974; Gruber, 1978; Dupias, 1985; Strid, 1989; Oberdorfer, 1990; Grabherr & al., 1993; Grabherr, 1993d; Hoda & al., 1998: 18.