Pyreneo-Alpine thermo-siliceous screes

English name: Pyreneo-Alpine thermo-siliceous screes

Description (English)

Siliceous screes of warm slopes of the subalpine level of the Alps and of the alpine and subalpine levels of the Pyrenees, usually composed largely of big stones or boulders, with Senecio leucophyllus, Taraxacum pyrenaicum, Galeopsis pyrenaica, Xatardia scabra, Armeria alpina.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code H2.51
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (H2.5)
Relation to Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Armeria alpina
Flowering Plants Galeopsis pyrenaica
Flowering Plants Senecio leucophyllus
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Armeria alpina Flowering Plants
Galeopsis pyrenaica Flowering Plants
Senecio leucophyllus Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 61.33 Pyreneo-Alpine thermo-siliceous screes source
CORINE Land Cover 3.3.2. Bare rock n/a
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 H2.51 Pyreneo-Alpine thermo-siliceous screes same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 H2.51 Pyreneo-Alpine thermo-siliceous screes same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 H2.51 Pyreneo-Alpine thermo-siliceous screes same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 H2.51 Pyreneo-Alpine thermo-siliceous screes same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 H2.51 Pyreneo-Alpine thermo-siliceous screes same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 H2.51 Pyreneo-Alpine thermo-siliceous screes same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 61.33 Pyreneo-Alpine thermo-siliceous screes same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 61.33 Pyreneo-Alpine thermo-siliceous screes same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 61.33   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 61.33   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 61.33   same
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