38.31 - Alpic mountain hay meadows

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Species-rich mesophile hay meadows of the montane and subalpine levels (mostly above 600 metres) of the Western Alpides and the greater Hercynian ranges, usually dominated by Trisetum flavescens and with Heracleum sphondylium, Viola cornuta, Astrantia major, Carum carvi, Crepis mollis, Crepis pyrenaica, Polygonum bistorta, Silene dioica, Silene vulgaris, Campanula glomerata, Salvia pratensis, Centaurea nemoralis, Anthoxanthum odoratum, Crocus albiflorus, Geranium phaeum, Geranium sylvaticum, Narcissus poeticus, Malva moschata, Valeriana repens, Trollius europaeus, Pimpinella major, Muscari botryoides, Lilium bulbiferum, Thlaspi caerulescens, Viola tricolor ssp. subalpina, Phyteuma halleri, Phyteuma orbiculare, Primula elatior, Chaerophyllum hirsutum and many others.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Molinio-Arrhenatheretea: Arrhenatheretalia elatioris: Polygono-Trisetion (Triseto-Polygonion bistorti)

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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