Alpic acid cudweed snow-patch communities

Description (English)

Communities of areas covered by snow for six to eight months, with Carex foetida, Alopecurus gerardii, Omalotheca supina (Gnaphalium supinum) (including Omalotheca supina var. pusilla), Lepidium stylatum, Alchemilla pentaphyllea, Mucizonia sedoides, (Umbilicus sedoides, Sedum candollei), Sedum alpestre, Cardamine alpina, Carex pyrenaica, of the Alps, the eastern Carpathian system, the ranges of the Balkan peninsula, the Pyrenees; they extend to the subalpine level and include the isolated cryoro-Mediterranean formations of the Cordillera Central and the Sierra Nevada.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code R4112

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Omalotheca supina
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Omalotheca supina Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) E4.112 Alpic acid cudweed snow-patch communities same
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 E4.112 Alpic acid cudweed snow-patch communities same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 E4.112 Alpic acid cudweed snow-patch communities same
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