Medio-European upland siliceous screes
Description (English)
Siliceous screes of hills of western and central Europe, with Epilobium collinum, Galeopsis segetum, Acetosella vulgaris, Dalanum ladanum, Petasites albus, Tussilago farfara, Senecio viscosus, Anarrhinum bellidifolium, Cryptogramma crispa. Upland siliceous screes, often resulting from quarry activity, and colonised by very impoverished forms of the Alpine communities, usually rich in mosses, lichens and sometimes ferns, notably Cryptogramma crispa, or pioneer psammophilous grasses, are included. Vegetation of alliance Galeopsion segetum.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code U222 |
|---|
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Ferns
Cryptogramma crispa
Flowering Plants
Anarrhinum bellidifolium
Flowering Plants
Epilobium collinum
Flowering Plants
Galeopsis segetum
Flowering Plants
Petasites albus
Flowering Plants
Senecio viscosus
Flowering Plants
Tussilago farfara
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Cryptogramma crispa | Ferns | |
| Anarrhinum bellidifolium | Flowering Plants | |
| Epilobium collinum | Flowering Plants | |
| Galeopsis segetum | Flowering Plants | |
| Petasites albus | Flowering Plants | |
| Senecio viscosus | Flowering Plants | |
| Tussilago farfara | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | H2.32 | Medio-European upland siliceous screes | same |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | H2.32 | Medio-European upland siliceous screes | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | H2.32 | Medio-European upland siliceous screes | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | H2.32 | Medio-European upland siliceous screes | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | H2.32 | Medio-European upland siliceous screes | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | H2.55 | Northern upland siliceous screes | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | H2.32 | Northern upland siliceous screes | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 61.12 | Northern upland siliceous screes | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 61.12 | Northern upland siliceous screes | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 61.12 | same | ||
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 61.12 | same | ||
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 61.12 | same | ||
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 61.12 | same |
