41.45 - Thermophilous Alpine and peri-Alpine mixed lime forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Thermophilous forests of Tilia cordata, Tilia platyphyllos, Acer platanoides, Fraxinus excelsior, Ulmus glabra, Fagus sylvatica with Euonymus latifolius, Corylus avellana, most typical of the warm valleys of the Alpine system and some peripheral ranges, characterized by Asperula taurina, Cyclamen purpurascens and numerous transgressives of the Quercetalia pubescenti-petraeae. These remarkable relict forests are particularly characteristic of the f”hn valleys of the Insubrian and northern Alps; they occur in similar situations in the Jura and the Hercynian ranges, north to the Harz.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Tilio platyphylli-Acerion pseudoplatani: Tilienion platyphylli

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)

Mayer, 1974; Ellenberg, 1988: 143-145; Jahn, 1991: 423.