Temperate high-mountain base-rich scree and moraine
Description (English)
Calcareous and calcschist screes occurring at high altitudes and cool sites in high mountain ranges through the nemoral zone of Europe. The screes are colonized by mostly perennial basiphilous species, comprising often rich assemblages with many endemic species.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code U26 |
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Relation to | Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableIndicator species
Diagnostic species occur concentrated in the habitat in question, but are absent or rare in other habitats. They are good positive indicators of the habitat, but they do not need to occur in every location of the habitat.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Linaria alpina | Flowering Plants | |
Galium megalospermum | Flowering Plants | |
Trisetum distichophyllum | Flowering Plants | |
Saxifraga oppositifolia | Flowering Plants | |
Cerastium carinthiacum | Flowering Plants | |
Doronicum grandiflorum | Flowering Plants | |
Crepis pygmaea | Flowering Plants | |
Viola cenisia | Flowering Plants |
Constant species occur frequently in the habitat, but they may include generalist species that are also frequent in other habitats.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Linaria alpina | Flowering Plants | |
Saxifraga oppositifolia | Flowering Plants | |
Poa alpina | Flowering Plants | |
Arabis alpina | Flowering Plants | |
Silene vulgaris | Flowering Plants | |
Rumex scutatus | Flowering Plants | |
Saxifraga aizoides | Flowering Plants | |
Myosotis alpestris | Flowering Plants | |
Silene acaulis | Flowering Plants |
Dominant species are those that often reach high cover in the habitat, thus determining the habitat physiognomy.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | H2.4 | Temperate-montane calcareous and ultra-basic screes | same |
European Red List of Habitats | H2.4 | Temperate high-mountain base-rich scree | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | H2.4 | Temperate-montane calcareous and ultra-basic screes | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | H2.4 | Temperate-montane calcareous and ultra-basic screes | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | H2.4 | Temperate-montane calcareous and ultra-basic screes | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | H2.4 | Temperate-montane calcareous and ultra-basic screes | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | H2.4 | Temperate-montane calcareous and ultra-basic screes | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | H2.4 | Temperate-montane calcareous and basic siliceous screes | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 61.2 | Alpine calcareous screes | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 61.2 | Alpine calcareous screes | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 61.2 | same | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 61.2 | same | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 61.2 | same | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 61.2 | same |