62.24 - Cyrno-Sardinian montane and alpine cliffs

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Siliceous cliff and rock communities of the mountains of Corsica and Sardinia, distributed from the supramediterranean to the alpine level, with Potentilla crassinervia, Armeria leucocephala, Silene requieniil, Saxifraga pedemontana ssp. cervicornis. Supramediterranean and montane communities have Amelanchier ovalis ssp. rhamnoides, cryomediterranean, subalpine and alpine communities have Festuca sardoa, Phyteuma serratum, Helechryssum frigidum, Aquilegia bernardii, Leucanthemum corsicum, Scabiosa corsica, upper alpine communmities are characterized by the presence of Draba dubia, Asplenium veride, Draba loiseleurii, Erigeron paolii and the absence of thermophile species.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Androsacetalia vandellii: Potentillion crassinerviae: Armerio-Potentilletum crassinerviae, Festuco-Phyteumetum serrati, Asplenio-Drabetum dubiae, i.a.

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)

Gamisans, 1991: 220, 255-257, 265, 284-288, 358; Julve, 1993: 31.