Pavements, rock slabs, rock domes

English name: Pavements, rock slabs, rock domes

Description (English)

Bare or sparsely vegetated more or less level surfaces of rock of lowlands, hills and mountains of non-desert regions of the Palaearctic exposed by erosion or weathering processes, physiognomically dominated by hard rock surfaces or indigenous erosional rock debris.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code H3.51

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 62.31 Pavements, rock slabs, rock domes source
CORINE Land Cover 3.3.2. Bare rock n/a
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 H3.51 Pavements, rock slabs, rock domes same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 H3.51 Pavements, rock slabs, rock domes same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 H3.51 Pavements, rock slabs, rock domes same
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