42.41 - Rusty alpenrose mountain pine forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Pinus uncinata forests of the western outer Alps, the Jura and Pyrenean ubacs, developed on siliceous or decalcified soils of the subalpine level with a predominately ericaceous undergrowh comprising Rhododendron ferrugineum (dominant), Vaccinium myrtillus, Vaccinium uliginosum, Calluna vulgaris, Homogyne alpina, Deschampsia flexuosa, Lycopodium annotinum.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Rhododendro-Vaccinion p.

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)

Gruber, 1978; Ozenda, 1981, 1985; Richard and Pautou, 1982; Dupias, 1985; Noirfalise, 1986, 1987; Vigo and Ninot, 1987; Bolos y Capdevilla, 1987.