Boreo-alpine stream gravel habitats
English name:
Boreo-alpine stream gravel habitats
Description (English)
Open assemblies of herbaceous or suffrutescent pioneering plants, rich in alpine species, colonizing gravel beds of Palaearctic streams with an alpine, summer-high, flow regime, formed in northern boreal and lower arctic mountains, hills and sometimes lowlands, as well as in the alpine and subalpine zones of higher, glaciated, mountains of more southern regions, sometimes with abyssal stations at lower altitudes.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code C3.551 |
|---|---|
| Bern Convention | Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (C3.55) |
| Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
| Legal text | Annex | Name in legal text | Code in legal text |
Habitat type relationship |
More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 | Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation | Alpine rivers and the herbaceous vegetation along their banks | 3220 | Narrower | http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm |
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Not available
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 24.221 | Boreo-alpine stream gravel communities | source |
| CORINE Land Cover | 3.3.3. | Sparsely vegetated areas | n/a |
| Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 | 7.2.1.4 | Rhacomitrium canescens type | n/a |
| Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 | 7.2.1.1 | Alluvial vegetation, Herb-grass type | n/a |
| Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 | 7.2.1.1b | River beauty variant | n/a |
| Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 | 7.2.1.1a | Alluvial vegetation, Alpine Herb-grass variant | n/a |
| Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 | 3.2.1.1 | Alluvions avec végétation pionnière herbacée | wider |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | C3.551 | Boreo-alpine stream gravel habitats | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | C3.551 | Boreo-alpine stream gravel habitats | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | C3.551 | Boreo-alpine stream gravel habitats | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | C3.551 | Boreo-alpine stream gravel habitats | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | C3.651 | Boreo-alpine stream gravel habitats | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 24.221 | Boreo-alpine stream gravel communities | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 24.221 | Boreo-alpine stream gravel communities | same |
