Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths
Description (English)
Very low, single-stratum, carpets of trailing azalea, Loiseleuria procumbens, prostrate Vaccinium spp. or other prostrate ericoid shrublets, accompanied by lichens Cetraria islandica, Cladonia spp., of windswept, mostly snowfree, localities in the alpine belt of the high mountains of the Alpine system, with an outpost in the Balkan Peninsula:
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code S221 |
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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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Loiseleuria procumbens | Flowering Plants | |
Cetraria islandica | Fungi |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | F2.21 | Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | F2.21 | Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | F2.21 | Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | F2.21 | Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | F2.21 | Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | F3.21 | Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | F3.21 | Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 31.41 | Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 31.41 | Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 31.41 | same | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 31.41 | same | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 31.41 | same | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 31.41 | same |