Tundra
Description (English)
Vegetated land with graminoids, shrubs, mosses or macrolichens overlying permafrost. European tundras are limited to Spitzbergen and northern Russia. Vegetation with the same species also occurs on boreal mountains and in the low arctic remote from the main permafrost region, notably in Fennoscandia and Iceland; these oroboreal and low arctic habitats are listed under alpine and subalpine grassland E4 or arctic, alpine and subalpine scrub S2.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code S1 |
|---|
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
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Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | F1 | Tundra | same |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | F1 | Tundra | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | F1 | Tundra | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | F1 | Tundra | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | F1 | Tundra | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | X05 | Tundra | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | X06 | Tundra | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 39 | Tundra | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 39 | Tundra | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 39 | same | ||
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 39 | same |
