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Medio-European upland siliceous screes

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English name Medio-European upland siliceous screes Open code browser    Diagram icon

EUNIS habitat type code   H2.32 Level   4
Edition   EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Siliceous screes of hills of western and central Europe, with [Epilobium collinum], [Galeopsis segetum], [Acetosella vulgaris], [Dalanum ladanum], [Petasites albus], [Tussilago farfara], [Senecio viscosus], [Anarrhinum bellidifolium], [Cryptogramma crispa]. Upland siliceous screes, often resulting from quarry activity, and colonised by very impoverished forms of the Alpine communities, usually rich in mosses, lichens and sometimes ferns, notably [Cryptogramma crispa], or pioneer psammophilous grasses, are included. Vegetation of alliance [Galeopsion segetum].

Source

ILE SAS [edited ETC/BD] (2001)

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Relationships with other classifications

Classification Code Title Relation type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 H2.32 Medio-European upland siliceous screes same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 H2.32 Medio-European upland siliceous screes same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 H2.32 Medio-European upland siliceous screes same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 H2.32 Medio-European upland siliceous screes same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 H2.55 Northern upland siliceous screes same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 H2.32 Northern upland siliceous screes same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 61.12 Middle European upland siliceous screes source
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 61.12 Northern upland siliceous screes same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 61.12 Northern upland siliceous screes same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 61.12   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 61.12   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 61.12   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 61.12   same
CORINE Land Cover 3.3.2. Bare rock n/a
National Vegetation Classification (UK) U21 [Cryptogramma crispa]-[Deschampsia flexuosa] community narrower
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 3.3.2.3 Eboulis siliceux thermophiles wider
Biotopes of the Czech Republic 2001 A6 ACIDOFILNÍ VEGETACE ALPÍNSKÝCH SKAL A DROLIN (Acidophilous vegetation of alpine cliffs and boulder screes) narrower
Biotopes of the Czech Republic 2001 S2 POHYBLIVÉ SUTĚ (Mobile screes) overlap
  H Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats Go to key navigator, starting with this habitat    Ancestor
  H2 Screes Go to key navigator, starting with this habitat    Ancestor
  H2.3 Temperate-montane acid siliceous screes    Parent
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