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Alpigenic high mountain [Empetrum - Vaccinium] heaths

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English name Alpigenic high mountain crowberry - heather heaths Open code browser    Diagram icon

EUNIS habitat type code   F2.24 Level   4
Edition   EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Dwarf heaths of alliances [Loiseleurio-Vaccinion] and [Juncion trifidi] dominated by [Empetrum hermaphroditum], [Empetrum nigrum] and [Vaccinium] spp., with [Arctostaphylos alpinus], [Calluna vulgaris], [Festuca supina], [Avenula versicolor]; lycopodes ([Huperzia selago], [Diphasiastrum alpinum]), mosses ([Barbilophozia lycopodioides], [Hylocomium splendens], [Pleurozium schreberi], [Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus]) and lichens ([Cetraria islandica], [Cladonia] spp., [Peltigera aphthosa]) of the subalpine belt of the Alps, the Carpathians, the Dinarides, the Pyrenees, the Central Massif, the Sudeten, the Jura, the Northern Apennines, characteristic of relatively windswept, snow-free stations, in frost-exposure situations that are, however, less extreme than those prevailing where communities of unit F2.21 dominate. Unlike the formations of F2.21, those of F2.24 are clearly two-layered.

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ILE SAS (2007)

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Relationships with other classifications

Classification Code Title Relation type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 F2.24 Alpigenic high mountain [Empetrum - Vaccinium] heaths same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 F2.24 Alpigenic high mountain [Empetrum - Vaccinium] heaths same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 F2.24 Alpigenic high mountain [Empetrum - Vaccinium] heaths same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 F2.24 Alpigenic high mountain [Empetrum - Vaccinium] heaths same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 F3.24 Alpigenic high mountain [Empetrum-Vaccinium] heaths same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 F3.24 Alpigenic high mountain [Empetrum-Vaccinium] heaths same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 31.44 Alpigenic high mountain [Empetrum-Vaccinium] heaths source
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 31.44 Alpigenic high mountain [Empetrum-Vaccinium] heaths same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 31.44 Alpigenic high mountain [Empetrum-Vaccinium] heaths same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 31.44   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 31.44   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 31.44   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 31.44   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 A2.2 SUBALPÍNSKÁ BRUSNICOVÁ VEGETACE (Subalpine Vaccinium vegetation) wider
  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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