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Boreo-alpine fern snowbed grassland

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English name Boreo-alpine fern snowbed grassland Open code browser    Diagram icon

EUNIS habitat type code   E4.14 Level   4
Edition   EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Acidophilous snowbed communities of alpine and arcto-alpine levels of the Fennoscandian mountains, of Iceland and of the Scottish Highlands dominated by ferns, characteristic of screes with prolonged snow cover, related to the tall-herb communities of unit E5.5. [Cryptogramma crispa], [Athyrium distentifolium] ([Athyrium alpestre]), [Athyrium filix-femina], [Dryopteris expansa] ([Dryopteris assimilis]) or [Dryopteris filix-mas] can dominate the communities. [Galium saxatile], [Calamagrostis purpurea], [Barbilophozia floerkii], [Polytrichum alpinum] are among the associates.

Source

ILE SAS (2001)

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Classification Code Title Relation type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 E4.14 Boreo-alpine fern snowbed grassland same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 E4.14 Boreo-alpine fern snow-bed grassland same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 E4.14 Boreo-alpine fern snow-bed grassland same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 E4.14 Boreo-alpine fern snow-bed communities same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 36.1125 Boreo-alpine fern snowbed communities source
CORINE Land Cover 3.3.3. Sparsely vegetated areas n/a
National Vegetation Classification (UK) U18 [Cryptogramma crispa]-[Athyrium distentifolium] snow-bed narrower
  E Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens Go to key navigator, starting with this habitat    Ancestor
  E4 Alpine and subalpine grasslands Go to key navigator, starting with this habitat    Ancestor
  E4.1 Vegetated snow-patch    Parent
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