Temperate acidophilous alpine grassland
Description (English)
Grassland and dwarf chamaephyte vegetation on skeletal and shallow soils over predominantly siliceous bedrocks in the alpine belt throughout the temperate mountains of Europe, typical of the highest summits and ridges, often very exposed to strong winds and largely blown clear of snow in the winter.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code R43 |
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Relation to | Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableIndicator species
Diagnostic species occur concentrated in the habitat in question, but are absent or rare in other habitats. They are good positive indicators of the habitat, but they do not need to occur in every location of the habitat.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Trifolium alpinum | Flowering Plants | |
Potentilla aurea | Flowering Plants | |
Geum montanum | Flowering Plants | |
Carex curvula | Flowering Plants | |
Agrostis rupestris | Flowering Plants | |
Poa alpina | Flowering Plants | |
Veronica bellidioides | Flowering Plants | |
Festuca airoides | Flowering Plants | |
Euphrasia minima | Flowering Plants | |
Gentiana acaulis | Flowering Plants | |
Campanula scheuchzeri | Flowering Plants | |
Hieracium alpinum | Flowering Plants |
Constant species occur frequently in the habitat, but they may include generalist species that are also frequent in other habitats.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Nardus stricta | Flowering Plants | |
Poa alpina | Flowering Plants | |
Potentilla aurea | Flowering Plants | |
Anthoxanthum odoratum | Flowering Plants | |
Geum montanum | Flowering Plants | |
Festuca rubra | Flowering Plants | |
Homogyne alpina | Flowering Plants | |
Agrostis rupestris | Flowering Plants | |
Campanula scheuchzeri | Flowering Plants | |
Avenella flexuosa | Flowering Plants | |
Vaccinium myrtillus | Flowering Plants | |
Carex sempervirens | Flowering Plants | |
Trifolium alpinum | Flowering Plants | |
Luzula spicata | Flowering Plants | |
Juncus trifidus | Flowering Plants | |
Ligusticum mutellina | Flowering Plants | |
Phleum alpinum | Flowering Plants | |
Euphrasia minima | Flowering Plants |
Dominant species are those that often reach high cover in the habitat, thus determining the habitat physiognomy.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Nardus stricta | Flowering Plants | |
Carex curvula | Flowering Plants | |
Festuca eskia | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | E4.3 | Acid alpine and subalpine grassland | narrower |
European Red List of Habitats | E4.3b | Temperate acidophilous alpine grassland | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | E4.3 | Acid alpine and subalpine grassland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | E4.3 | Acid alpine and subalpine grassland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | E4.3 | Acid alpine and subalpine grassland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | E4.3 | Acid alpine and subalpine grassland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | E4.2 | Acid alpine and subalpine grassland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | E4.2 | Boreal and alpine acid grassland | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 36.3 | Boreo-Alpic acidophilous alpine grasslands | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 36.3 | Boreo-Alpic acidophilous alpine grasslands | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 36.3 | same | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 36.3 | same | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 36.3 | same | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 36.3 | same |