Southeast European mountain siliceous screes
Description (English)
Siliceous screes of mountains of southeast Europe, with vegetation dominated by Saxifraga bryoides, Saxifraga adscendens, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Oxyria digyna, Androsace hedraeantha and Poa cenisia. Cryptogramma crispa and mosses occur. Other important species are Vaccinium spp., Polygonum alpinum, Pleuropteropyrum undulatum, Lerchenfeldia flexuosa, Senecio rupestris.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code U223 |
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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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Lerchenfeldia flexuosa | Flowering Plants | |
Polygonum alpinum | Flowering Plants | |
Senecio rupestris | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | H2.33 | Southeast European mountain siliceous screes | same |