37.88 - Alpine dock communities

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Alpine and subalpine meso-hygrophile nitrophilous tall herb formations of the Alpine system and the higher Hercynian ranges, in particular, the Sudeten, the Black Forest, the Fichtelgebirge, the Dinarides, characteristic of the vicinity of cattle and game resting places, with Rumex alpinus, Senecio alpinus, Cirsium spinosissimum, Aconitum napellus, Geranium phaeum, Peucedanum ostruthium, Urtica dioica, Phleum alpinum and, in eastern Carpathian communities, Senecio subalpinus, Leucanthemum waldsteinii, Achillea distans, Heracleum sphondylium ssp. transsilvanicum.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Glechometalia hederaceae: Rumicion alpini

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)

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