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Alpide [Arctostaphylos uva-ursi] and [Arctostaphylos alpinus] heaths

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English name Alpide bearberry ([Arctostaphylos]) heaths Open code browser    Diagram icon

EUNIS habitat type code   F2.27 Level   4
Edition   EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Mats of [Arctostaphylos uva-ursi] or [Arctostaphylos alpinus] of the alpine, subalpine and locally, montane, belts of the Alps, the Pyrenees, the northern and central Apennines, the Dinarides, the Carpathians, the Balkan Range, the Rhodope Mountains (south to the Slavianka-Orvilos, the Menikion, the Pangeon, the Falakron and the Rhodopi), the Moeso-Macedonian mountains (including Athos), the Pelagonides (south to the Greek Macedonian border ranges Tzena, Pinovon and Kajmakchalan) and Olympus, in the Thessalian mountains, mostly on calcareous substrates.

Source

Devillers, P., Devillers-Terschuren, J. and Vander Linden, C. [edited ETC/BD] (2001)

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Relationships with other classifications

Classification Code Title Relation type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 F2.27 Alpide [Arctostaphylos uva-ursi] and [Arctostaphylos alpinus] heaths same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 F2.27 Alpide [Arctostaphylos uva-ursi] and [Arctostaphylos alpinus] heaths same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 F2.27 Alpide [Arctostaphylos uva-ursi] and [Arctostaphylos alpinus] heaths same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 F2.27 Alpide [Arctostaphylos uva-ursi] and [Arctostaphylos alpinus] heaths same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 F3.27 Alpide [Arctostaphylos uva-ursi] and [Arctostaphylos alpinus] heaths same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 F3.27 Alpide bearberry heaths same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 31.47 Alpide bearberry heaths source
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 31.47 Alpide bearberry heaths same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 31.47 Alpide bearberry heaths same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 31.47   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 31.47   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 31.47   same
CORINE Land Cover 3.2.2. Moors and heathland n/a
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 5.4.3 Lande subalpine calcicole wider
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 5.4.4 Lande subalpine xérophile sur sol acide narrower
Biotopes of Slovakia 1996 9311400 Alpínske spolocenstvá kríckových holí 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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