This is a rare subalpine shrub community dominated by Prunus padus subsp. borealis and Sorbus aucuparia subsp. glabrata. In the Czech Republic, it is found on avalanche tracks in the glacial cirques of the western Krkonoše Mountains. It occurs at wetter sites than the Salici silesiacae-Betuletum carpaticae.
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Citation: Kočí M. (2007): Pado borealis-Sorbetum aucupariae Matuszkiewicz et Matuszkiewicz 1975. – In: Chytrý M. (ed.), Vegetace České republiky. 1. Travinná a keříčková vegetace [Vegetation of the Czech Republic. 1. Grassland and Heathland Vegetation], p. 112– 114, Academia, Praha.