41.15 - Medio-European subalpine beech woods

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Fagus sylvatica woods usually composed of low, low-branching trees, with much sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus), situated near the tree limit, mostly in low mountains with oceanic climate of Western Europe and of central and northern Central Europe, in particular the Vosges, Black Forest, Rh”n, Jura, outer Alps, Central Massif, Pyrenees, the mountains of the Bohemian Quadrangle, and, very locally, the Carpathians. The herb layer is similar to that of the forests of unit 41.13 or locally of unit 41.11 and contain elements of the adjacent open grasslands.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Aceri-Fagenion

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)

Ozenda, 1979, 1985; Timbal, 1981; Matuszkiewicz, 1981b; Moravec & al., 1982; Ellenberg, 1988; Oberdorfer, 1990, 1992b; Jahn, 1991; Wallnöfer & al., 1993.