31.42 - Alpide acidocline alpenrose heaths

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Rhododendron spp.-dominated heaths of acid podsols in the Alps, the Pyrenees, the Dinarides, the Carpathians, the Balkan Range, the Pontic Range, the Caucasus and the Himalayan system, often with Vaccinium spp., sometimes with dwarf pines.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Loiseleurio-Vaccinietea: Loiseleurio-Vaccinietalia: Rhododendro-Vaccinion

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)

Schweinfurth, 1957; Ellenberg, 1963, 1988; Horvat & al., 1974; Walter, 1974; Gruber, 1978; Davis, 1978; Gimingham & al., 1979; Polunin and Walters, 1985; Ozenda, 1985; Dupias, 1985; Oberdorfer, 1990, 1992b; Walter and Breckle, 1991c; Bondev, 1991; Coldea, 1990, 1991; Pott, 1992; Grabherr, 1993d.