EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > T - Forest and other wooded land > T3 - Coniferous forest > T35 - Temperate continental Pinus sylvestris forest > T355 - Inner Alpine Minuartia laricifolia steppe forests

Inner Alpine Minuartia laricifolia steppe forests

Description (English)

Xerophile, acidophilous, Pinus sylvestris forests of the montane level of southwestern inner Alpine valleys (Maurienne, Guisane, Dora-Riparia, Chisone) where they replace the formations of the Ononido-Pinion on strongly siliceous sunny slopes (adrets), with Deschampsia flexuosa and Minuartia laricifolia dominant.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code T355

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Conifers Pinus sylvestris
Flowering Plants Deschampsia flexuosa
Flowering Plants Minuartia laricifolia
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Pinus sylvestris Conifers
Deschampsia flexuosa Flowering Plants
Minuartia laricifolia Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) G3.45 Inner Alpine Minuartia laricifolia steppe forests same
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G3.45 Inner Alpine Minuartia laricifolia steppe forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G3.45 Inner Alpine Minuartia laricifolia steppe forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 G3.45 Inner Alpine Minuartia laricifolia steppe forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 G3.45 Inner Alpine Minuartia laricifolia steppe forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 G3.45 Inner Alpine Minuartia laricifolia steppe forests same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 G3.55 Inner Alpine sandwort steppe forests same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 42.55 Inner Alpine sandwort steppe forests same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 42.55 Inner Alpine sandwort steppe forests same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 42.55   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 42.55   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 42.55   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 42.55   same
European Environment Agency (EEA)
Kongens Nytorv 6
1050 Copenhagen K
Denmark
Phone: +45 3336 7100