Alpigenous acidophilous grassland
Description (English)
Mostly closed Carex curvula, Festuca spp., Oreochloa spp. or Juncus trifidus grasslands on siliceous soils of the alpine level of the Alps, the Carpathians and the Pyrenees, with very local outposts in the great Hercynian ranges and the Cantabrian Range. Androsace obtusifolia, Androsace carnea ssp. laggeri, Campanula barbata, Juncus jacquinii, Juncus trifidus, Silene exscapa, Gentiana alpina, Achillea erba-rotta, Euphrasia minima, Luzula lutea, Luzula spicata, Luzula hispanica, Lychnis alpina, Minuartia recurva, Minuartia sedoides, Pedicularis kerneri, Pedicularis pyrenaica, Phyteuma globulariifolium, Phyteuma hemisphaericum, Potentilla frigida, Armeria alpina, Senecio incanus, Trifolium alpinum, Veronica bellidioides, Ranunculus pyrenaeus are characteristic.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code R433 |
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Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Juncus trifidus | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | E4.34 | Alpigenous acidophilous grassland | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | E4.34 | Alpigenous acidophilous grassland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | E4.34 | Alpigenous acidophilous grassland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | E4.34 | Alpigenous acidophilous grassland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | E4.34 | Alpigenous acidophilous grassland | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | E4.24 | Alpigenous acidophilous grasslands | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | E4.24 | Alpigenous acidophilous grasslands | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 36.34 | Alpigenous acidophilous grasslands | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 36.34 | Alpigenous acidophilous grasslands | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 36.34 | same | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 36.34 | same | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 36.34 | same | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 36.34 | same |