41.23 - Sub-Atlantic oxlip ash-oak forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Forests of Quercus robur, sometimes Quercus petraea, rich in Fraxinus excelsior, with Carpinus betulus, developed on more or less wet, meso-eutrophic soils, in regions of moderate Atlantic influence, from southern Champagne and Lorraine north to lower Rhenania, Westphalia and Hanover, characterized by the abundance of species of the ecological groups of Primula elatior, of Lamium galeobdolon, of Anemone nemorosa and by the absence of Hyacinthoides non-scripta.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Carpinion betuli: Pulmonario-Carpinenion betuli: Primulo elatioris-Carpinetum (Stellario-Carpinetum stachyetosum p.)

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)

Ellenberg, 1963, 1988; Noirfalise, 1968; Sougnez, 1973, 1978; Westhoff and den Held, 1975; Rameau and Timbal, 1979; Bournérias, 1979, 1984; Noirfalise, 1984: 102-111; Noirfalise, 1987: D3 [p.] [i.a.]; Pott, 1992: 381; Oberdorfer, 1992b: 159; Schubert & al., 1995: 83.