41.97 - Cyrno-Sardinian chestnut forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Castanea sativa-dominated forests and naturalized plantations of Corsica and Sardinia, where they may be indigenous and are fairly widespread, particularly in the San Petrone massif of Corsica and in eastern central Sardinia.

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)

Pignatti, 1982: 113; Chiappini, 1985b: 135; Barneschi, 1988: units Y15-Y18, H1-H3; Gamisans, 1991: 197-204; Rameau & al., 1993: 493.