41.21 - Mixed Atlantic bluebell oak forests

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Atlantic forests of the British Isles, western Belgium and northwestern France, mostly on more or less water-retaining soils, characterized by a diverse tree layer, dominated by Quercus robur and rich in Fraxinus excelsior, and by an herb layer rich in species of the group of Hyacinthoides non-scripta, in particular Narcissus pseudonarcissus, Gagea spathacea, Tamus communis, Primula vulgaris, Luzula forsteri. Allium ursinum, Primula elatior, Ranunculus ficaria, Anemone nemorosa, Lamium galeobdolon characterise variants linked to soil acidity and hygromorphy.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Carpinion betuli: Pulmonario-Carpinenion betuli: Endymio-Carpinetum (incl. Corylo-Fraxinetum p.)

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)

Durin & al., 1967; Noirfalise, 1968, 1969; Caron and Géhu, 1976; Noirfalise, 1984: units V.2.3.1, V.2.3.2, V.2.3.3, V.2.3.4; Noirfalise, 1987: D1 [p.], D2 [p.]; Rodwell, 1991a: unit W10; Oberdorfer, 1992b.