36.12 - Boreo-Alpic calcicline snow-patch communities

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Basiphile or basicline snow-patch or snowbed communities of the boreal and arcto-alpine mountains, including the Caledonian mountains of Scotland, and of the western Alpids, developed on calcareous substrates, on calcschists, or on base-rich soils.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Arabidetalia caeruleae: Arabidion caeruleae; Salicetalia herbaceae 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)

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