Sparsely- or un-vegetated habitats on mineral substrates not resulting from recent ice activity
Description (English)
Accumulations of sand, boulders, stones, rock fragments, pebbles or gravels, unvegetated, occupied by lichens or mosses, or colonized by sparse herbs or shrubs. Included are inland dunes, moraines and drumlins originating from glacial deposition, sandar, eskers and kames resulting from fluvio-glacial deposition, block slopes, block streams and block fields constructed by periglacial depositional processes of downslope mass movement, ancient beach deposits constituted by former coastal constructional processes. Excludes mobile screes (H2) and deposits originating from eruptive volcanic activity (H6).
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code H5.3 |
|---|
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 61 | Screes, gravel and boulder fields | wider |
| CORINE Land Cover | 3.3.1. | Beaches, dunes, and sand plains | n/a |
| Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993 | J4 | Bare ground | wider |
| Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 | 2.4 | Tourbière | narrower |
| Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 | 7.1.0 | Terrain piétiné et décombres dépourvus de végétation | overlap |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | H5.3 | Sparsely- or un-vegetated habitats on mineral substrates not resulting from recent ice activity | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | H5.3 | Sparsely- or un-vegetated habitats on mineral substrates not resulting from recent ice activity | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | H5.3 | Sparsely- or un-vegetated habitats on mineral substrates not resulting from recent ice activity | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | H5.3 | Clay, silt, sand and gravel habitats with very sparse or no vegetation | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | H5.1 | Clay, silt, sand and gravel habitats with very sparse or no vegetation | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | H5.1 | Unvegetated mud, sand and gravel | same |
