Alpide dwarf Vaccinium wind heaths
Description (English)
Very low, single-stratum, carpets of prostrate Vaccinium spp. and lichens, of windswept, mostly snowfree, localities in the alpine belt of the high mountains of the Alpine system, for the most part Vaccinium-dominated facies of the trailing azalea communities, in which Loiseleuria procumbens often accompanies Vaccinium myrtillus, Vaccinium vitis-idaea or Vaccinium uliginosum, the latter represented, as in S2211, S224 and S229, by the distinctive low, small-leaved, creeping, mat-forming entity variously referred to as Vaccinium gaultherioides, Vaccinium uliginosum ssp. microphyllum, Vaccinium alpina, Vaccinium pubescens, Vaccinium uliginosum ssp. pubescens.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code S2212 |
|---|
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Flowering Plants
Loiseleuria procumbens
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Loiseleuria procumbens | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | F2.212 | Alpide dwarf Vaccinium wind heaths | same |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | F2.212 | Alpide dwarf Vaccinium wind heaths | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | F2.212 | Alpide dwarf Vaccinium wind heaths | same |
