42.42 - Xerocline mountain pine forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Pinus uncinata forests of the inner Alps, of the western outer Alps and the Jura, and of Pyrenean adrets, accompanied by a shrubby undergrowth in which Rhododendron ferrugineum is absent or rare, while Juniperus nana, Juniperus hemisphaerica, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Arctostaphylos alpinus, Erica herbacea, Rhododendron hirsutum, Cotoneaster integerrimus, Daphne striata, Dryas octopetala or Polygala chamaebuxus may be prominent.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Junipero-Pinion p., Erico-Pinion p.

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)

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