31.63 - Subalpine mixed brushes

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Communities of the subalpine zone, of the tree-limit, and sometimes of the montane zone, of higher nemoral mountains of the western Alpine system and its associated ranges, dominated by tall or medium shrubs, for the most part Rosaceae species (of genera Rubus, Sorbus, Amelanchier, Potentilla), Betula or tall Vaccinium, often accompanied by tall herbs characteristic of the subalpine tall herb communities (unit 37.8), or by subalpine heaths, such as the Juniperus nana-Arctostaphylos uva-ursi heaths.

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; Horvat & al., 1974; Dupias, 1985; Schubert and Vent, 1990; Oberdorfer, 1990, 1993a; Pott, 1992; Wallnöfer, 1993b; Adler & al., 1994.