42.21 - Alpine and Carpathian subalpine spruce forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Picea abies forests of the lower subalpine level, and of anomalous stations in the montane level, of the outer, intermediate and inner Alps; in the latter, they are often in continuity with the montane spruce forests of unit 42.22. The spruces, often stunted or columnar, are accompanied by an undergrowth of decidedly subalpine affinities. Picea abies forests of the lower subalpine level of the Carpathians.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

"Piceetum subalpinum"

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; Mayer, 1974; Horvat & al., 1974: 564-565; Ozenda, 1981, 1985; Richard and Pautou, 1982; Matuszkiewicz, 1984; Noirfalise, 1986, 1987: unit P4; Oberdorfer, 1990; Elias & al., 1991.