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Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths

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English name Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths Open code browser    Diagram icon

EUNIS habitat type code   F2.21 Level   4
Edition   EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Very low, single-stratum, carpets of trailing azalea, [Loiseleuria procumbens], prostrate [Vaccinium] spp. or other prostrate ericoid shrublets, accompanied by lichens [Cetraria islandica], [Cladonia] spp., of windswept, mostly snowfree, localities in the alpine belt of the high mountains of the Alpine system, with an outpost in the Balkan Peninsula: Šar planina (Kosovo).

Source

ILE SAS (2007)

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Relationships with other classifications

Classification Code Title Relation type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 F2.21 Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 F2.21 Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 F2.21 Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 F2.21 Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 F3.21 Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 F3.21 Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 31.41 Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths source
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 31.41 Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 31.41 Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 31.41   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 31.41   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 31.41   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 31.41   same
CORINE Land Cover 3.2.2. Moors and heathland n/a
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 5.4.6 Lande alpine ventée wider
Biotopes of the Czech Republic 2001 A2.1 ALPÍNSKÁ VŘESOVIŠTĚ (Alpine heathlands) wider
Biotopes of Slovakia 1996 9310000 Spolocentvá vysokohorských trávnatých a kríckovitých holí na silikátovom podklade n/a
  F Heathland, scrub and tundra Go to key navigator, starting with this habitat    Ancestor
  F2 Arctic, alpine and subalpine scrub Go to key navigator, starting with this habitat    Ancestor
  F2.2 Evergreen alpine and subalpine heath and scrub    Parent
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