36.41 - Closed calciphile alpine grasslands

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Mesophile, mostly closed, vigorous, often grazed or mowed, grasslands on deep soils of the subalpine and lower alpine levels of the Alps, the Pyrenees, the mountains of the Balkan peninsula, and, locally, of the Apennines and the Jura.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Caricion ferrugineae, Primulion intricatae, Laserpitio-Ranunculion thorae, Caricion austroalpinae, Armerion cantabricae, Festucion pungentis, Onobrycho-Festucion, Seslerio-Festucion xanthinae, Campanulion ferrugineae, Festuco-Knaution longifoliae

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)

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