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Cold limestone screes

English name: Cold limestone screes

Description (English)

Unstable, gravelly, humus-poor, highly calcareous screes of the subalpine, low alpine and middle alpine levels of boreal and arctic mountains. Characteristic plants are Arenaria norvegica and a number of endemic species or species of restricted range, including Arenaria humifusa, Arenaria pseudofrigida, Artemisia norvegica, Papaver species of the Papaver radicatum group, Papaver relictum, Papaver laestadianum, Braya linearis.

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

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code H2.2
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)

Name	Definition	Alternatives	Reftext
Arenarion norvegicae Nordhagen 1935	Vegetation of base-rich to neutral screes and moraines of Scandinavia	Arenarion norvegicae Nordhagen 1936	Schaminee et al, 2012
Salici reticulatae-Poion alpinae Gjaerevoll 1950	diagnosis	Drepanoclado-Poion alpinae Hadac 1946; Poion alpinae Du Rietz 1942; Ranunculion acris-Poion alpinae Gjaerevoll 1956; Reticulato-Poion alpinae Gjaerevoll 1950 (orig. form)	Schaminee et al, 2012

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Arenaria humifusa

Flowering Plants Arenaria norvegica

Flowering Plants Arenaria pseudofrigida

Flowering Plants Braya linearis

Flowering Plants Papaver laestadianum

Flowering Plants Papaver radicatum

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Arenaria humifusa		Flowering Plants
Arenaria norvegica		Flowering Plants
Arenaria pseudofrigida		Flowering Plants
Braya linearis		Flowering Plants
Papaver laestadianum		Flowering Plants
Papaver radicatum		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	61.62	Arctic sandwort calcicline screes	same
CORINE Land Cover	3.3.2.	Bare rock	n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	7.1.4.3	Arctic Sandwort type	n/a
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993	I122	Natural rock exposure: scree, basic	overlap

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	H2.2	Cold limestone screes	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	H2.2	Cold limestone screes	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	H2.2	Cold limestone screes	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	H2.2	Boreal limestone screes	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	H2.2	Boreal limestone screes	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	H2.2	Boreo-alpine limestone screes	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	61.62	Arctic sandwort calcicline screes	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	61.62	Arctic sandwort calcicline screes	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	61.62		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	61.62		same

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