Arctic-alpine wind edge Kobresia myosuroides swards
Description (English)
Meso-xerophile, relatively closed and unsculptured swards of Kobresia myosuroides (Elyna myosuroides) forming on deep, fine soils of protruding ridges and edges exposed to strong winds in the alpine and nival levels of the Alps, the Carpathians, the Pyrenees and the Cantabrian Mountains with Oxytropis, Draba, Carex spp. and others.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code R442 |
|---|
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Flowering Plants
Elyna myosuroides
Flowering Plants
Kobresia myosuroides
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Elyna myosuroides | Flowering Plants | |
| Kobresia myosuroides | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | E4.42 | Wind edge Kobresia myosuroides swards | narrower |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | E4.42 | Wind edge Kobresia myosuroides swards | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | E4.42 | Wind edge Kobresia myosuroides swards | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | E4.42 | Wind edge Kobresia myosuroides swards | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | E4.42 | Wind edge Kobresia myosuroides swards | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | E4.32 | Wind edge Kobresia myosuroides swards | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | E4.32 | Wind edge naked-rush swards | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 36.42 | Wind edge naked-rush swards | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 36.42 | Wind edge naked-rush swards | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 36.42 | same | ||
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 36.42 | same | ||
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 36.42 | same | ||
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 36.42 | same |
