Subalpine and oroboreal Salix brush

Willow-dominated communities of higher Eurasian mountains and of the boreal zone, mostly characteristic of the subalpine zone of the higher ranges of the Alpine system and its satellites, where many constitute facies of subalpine shrub and tall herb communities, of the slopes of lesser ranges in the boreal zone, including the Scandinavian mountains, of Iceland and of the northern British Isles (cf. unit R56). Vegetation of the alliance Salicion silesiacae. Species composition is very variable and endemic species are highly represented here.

Código Eunis 2021: S252