EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > E - Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens > E4 - Alpine and subalpine grasslands > E4.1 - Vegetated snow-patch > E4.11 - Boreo-alpine acidocline snow-patch grassland and herb habitats

Boreo-alpine acidocline snow-patch grassland and herb habitats

English name: Boreo-alpine acidocline snow-patch grassland and herb habitats

Description (English)

Snow patches of the Alps, the Pyrenees, the Carpathians (e.g. alliances Salicion herbaceae and Festucion picturatae), the Dinarides, the Rhodope Mountains (Rila) and the Pelagonides, occupying areas free from snow for less than two months, with the herbs e.g. Luzula alpinopilosa, Salix herbacea, Ligusticum mutellina; mosses Polytrichum sexangulare, Polytrichum juniperinum, Pohlia commutata, Kiaeria falcata (Dicranum falcatum), the liverwort Anthelia juratzkana or sometimes lichens. Also snow-patch communities of arctic and boreal mountains of Fennoscandia, the Scottish Highlands, Iceland, Greenland and other islands of the Norwegian and Greenland seas, formed of mats of mosses and lichens.

Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code E4.11
Bern Convention	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2014)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention lists endangered natural habitats requiring specific conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming the Emerald network]

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Ligusticum mutellina

Flowering Plants Salix herbacea

Mosses & Liverworts Kiaeria falcata

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Ligusticum mutellina		Flowering Plants
Salix herbacea		Flowering Plants
Kiaeria falcata		Mosses & Liverworts

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	36.1113	Alpic acid cudweed snow-patch communities	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	36.1111	Alpic acid moss snow-patch communities	wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	36.1121	Boreal moss snowbed communities	wider
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	36.1126	Boreo-alpine acidocline sedge and rush snowbed communities	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	36.1124	Boreo-alpine herb-rich acid snowbed communities	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	36.1123	Boreo-alpine Deschampsia-Anthoxanthum communities	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	36.1115	Hercynian acid snow patch communities	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	36.1114	Luzula spadicea snow patch communities	narrower
CORINE Land Cover	3.3.3.	Sparsely vegetated areas	n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	1.2.5.1	Alpine Lady fern type	n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	1.3.1.1b	Anthelia juratzkana-variant	n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	1.2.5.1b	Athyrium - Dryopteris type	n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	1.3.1.3	Curved Woodrush-Glacier Buttercup type	n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	1.2.3.1	Meadow Buttercup - Sweet Vernal grass variant	n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	1.2.5.1a	Parsley Fern variant	n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	1.3.1.1a	Polytrichum sexangulare-variant	n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	1.3.1.2	Rufine Sedge - Arctic Hare's-foot Sedge type	n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	1.2.3.2	Starry Saxifrage - Mountain Sorrel type	n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	1.2.1.4	Wavy Hairgrass - Sweet Vernal grass type	n/a
National Vegetation Classification (UK)	U14	Alchemilla alpina-Sibbaldia procumbens dwarf-herb community	narrower
National Vegetation Classification (UK)	U13	Deschampsia cespitosa-Galium saxatile grassland	narrower
National Vegetation Classification (UK)	CG12	Festuca ovina-Alchemilla alpina-Silene acaulis dwarf-herb community	narrower
National Vegetation Classification (UK)	U11	Polytrichum sexangulare-Kiaeria starkei snow-bed	narrower
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998	4.4.2	Combe à neige acide	wider
Biotopes of Slovakia 1996	9420000	Snehové výležiská na kyslých podložiach	n/a
Biotopes of Slovakia 1996	9430000	Spolocentvá snehových polí kyslých podloží	n/a

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	E4.11	Boreo-alpine acidocline snow-patch grassland and herb habitats	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	E4.11	Boreo-alpine acidocline snow-patch grassland and herb habitats	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	E4.11	Boreo-alpine acidocline snow-patch grassland and herb habitats	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	E4.11	Boreo-alpine acidocline snow-patch grassland and herb habitats	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	E4.11	Boreo-Alpic acidocline snow-patch grassland and herb habitats	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	E4.11	Boreo-Alpic acidocline snow-patch grassland and herb habitats	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	36.1113	Alpic acid cudweed snow-patch communities	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	36.1111	Alpic acid moss snow-patch communities	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	36.1121	Boreal moss snowbed communities	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	36.1126	Boreo-alpine acidocline sedge and rush snowbed communities	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	36.1125	Boreo-alpine fern snowbed communities	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	36.1124	Boreo-alpine herb-rich acid snowbed communities	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	36.1123	Boreo-alpine Deschampsia-Anthoxanthum communities	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	36.1115	Hercynian acid snow patch communities	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	36.1114	Luzula spadicea snow patch communities	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	36.1111	Alpic acid moss snow-patch communities (36.1111) and Boreal moss snowbed communities (36.1121)	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	36.1121	Alpic acid moss snow-patch communities (36.1111) and Boreal moss snowbed communities (36.1121)	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	36.1113	Grassland/herb parts of Alpic acid snow-patch communities (36.111) and Oroboreal acidocline snowbed communities (36.112)	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	36.1114	Grassland/herb parts of Alpic acid snow-patch communities (36.111) and Oroboreal acidocline snowbed communities (36.112)	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	36.1115	Grassland/herb parts of Alpic acid snow-patch communities (36.111) and Oroboreal acidocline snowbed communities (36.112)	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	36.1123	Grassland/herb parts of Alpic acid snow-patch communities (36.111) and Oroboreal acidocline snowbed communities (36.112)	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	36.1124	Grassland/herb parts of Alpic acid snow-patch communities (36.111) and Oroboreal acidocline snowbed communities (36.112)	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	36.1125	Grassland/herb parts of Alpic acid snow-patch communities (36.111) and Oroboreal acidocline snowbed communities (36.112)	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	36.1126	Grassland/herb parts of Alpic acid snow-patch communities (36.111) and Oroboreal acidocline snowbed communities (36.112)	narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	36.1113		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	36.1114		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	36.1115		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	36.1123		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	36.1124		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	36.1125		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	36.1126		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	36.1127		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	36.1111		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	36.1121		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	36.1113		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	36.1114		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	36.1115		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	36.1123		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	36.1124		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	36.1125		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	36.1126		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	36.1127		narrower
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	36.1111		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	36.1121		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	36.1113		narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	36.1123		narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	36.1125		narrower
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	36.1111		same

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