Post-symposium excursions : monts du Cantal

11 – 13 september 2026

Participants in the post-excursion will mainly discover the vegetation from the upper montane belt, from around 1,400 m to the highest peaks, in the subalpine belt in the areas of Plomb du Cantal, the highest peak in the Massif at 1,854 metres, and the “Cirque de l’Impradine-Puy Mary”. A more limited additional excursion will take place in the sub-montane belt zone, in a sheltered climate on the basalt hills around the town of Murat.

Participants will discover also the types of vegetation, localities or locus typicus described and explored by Josias Braun-Blanquet (1926), in particular: Nardion, Adenostylion, Genisto pilosae-Vaccinion, Cardamino-Montion, Festucion variae. And also the vegetation of Koelerio-Phleion desribed by Luquet (1939). 

To get more information about the excursions, please guide download the excursion guide from the documents page of the website.