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Subalpine Broadleaved Shrub Communities

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This is a description of the vegetation composed essentially of shrubs (species of Salix or Alnus viridis) or else of tall herbs. It occurs in wet or shady habitats: forest clearings, on stones, along waterways, and on montane slopes in the foggy prealpine belt.

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Pignatti, E., Pignatti, S. (2014). Subalpine Broadleaved Shrub Communities. In: Plant Life of the Dolomites. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31043-0_6

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