44.31 - Ash-alder woods of rivulets and springs

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Fraxinus excelsior-Alnus glutinosa formations of springs and small streams of Atlantic, sub-Atlantic and subcontinental middle Europe, usually dominated by ashes, with Carex remota, Carex pendula, Carex strigosa, Equisetum telmateia, Rumex sanguineus, Lysimachia nemorum, Cardamine amara, Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, Chrysosplenium alternifolium, Impatiens noli-tangere, Ribes rubrum.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Carici remotae-Fraxinetum, Equiseto telmateiae-Fraxinetum, Ribeso sylvestris-Fraxinetum

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)

Noirfalise, 1952, 1984; Oberdorfer, 1953, 1990; Tüxen and Oberdorfer, 1958; Duvigneaud and Mullenders, 1962; Ellenberg, 1963, 1988; Horvat & al., 1974; Westhoff and den Held, 1975; Bournérias, 1979, 1984; Soo, 1980; Yon and Tendron, 1981; Moravec & al., 1982; Matuszkiewicz, 1984; Rodwell, 1991a: unit W7; Korotkov & al., 1991; Wallnöfer & al., 1993; Seliskar, 1998: 1.