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Temperate-montane acid siliceous screes

English name: Temperate-montane acid siliceous screes

Description (English)

Siliceous screes of high altitudes and cool sites in mountain ranges of the nemoral zone, including the Alps, Pyrenees and Caucasus.

Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code H2.3
Bern Convention	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2014)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention lists endangered natural habitats requiring specific conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming the Emerald network]

Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments

Legal text	Annex	Name in legal text	Code in legal text	Habitat type relationship	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Siliceous scree of the montane to snow levels (Androsacetalia alpinae and Galeopsietalia ladani)	8110	Same	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Medio-European upland siliceous screes	8150	Wider

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Name	Definition	Alternatives	Reftext
Scrophulario minimae-Symphyolomion graveolens Belonovskaya et al. 2013	Lower alpine and subalpine vegetation on siliceous screes and stone fields of Caucasus	Scrophulario minimae-Symphyolomion graveolens Belonovskaya 2012	Schaminee et al, 2012
Chaerophyllion humilis Onipchenko 2002	Subnival and upper alpine vegetation on siliceous screes and stone fields of Caucasus	Drabo scabrae-Eunomion rotundifoliae Belonovskaya 2012	Schaminee et al, 2012
Dryopteridion oreadis Rivas-Mart. 1977 corr. Rivas-Mart. et al. 1984	Vegetation of montane-subalpine and relict oro-mediterranean siliceous screes and moraines of Pyrenean, Iberian and Apenninian Peninsulas	Dryopteridion oreadis Rivas-Mart. 1977 corr. Rivas-Mart. et al. 1982; Dryopteridion abbreviatae Rivas-Mart. 1977; Dryopteridion oreadis Rivas-Mart. 1977 corr. Rivas-Mart. et al. 1986	Schaminee et al, 2012
Senecionion leucophylli Br.-Bl. 1948	Vegetation of moving fine-grained siliceous screes of alpine belt of Pyrenees	Taraxacion pyrenaici Nègre 1968	Schaminee et al, 2012
Androsacion alpinae Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et Jenny 1926	Vegetation of siliceous screes and moraines of alpine and subnival belts of Alps, Carpathians and Balkans	Allosurion crispi Jenny-Lips 1930; Oxyrion Gams 1936; Poion laxae Lakušic et al. 1977; Poion laxae Lakušic et al. 1979; Polygonion alpini N. Randelovic 1995; Veronicion baumgartenii Coldea 1991	Schaminee et al, 2012

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	61.1	Alpine and northern siliceous screes	same
CORINE Land Cover	3.3.2.	Bare rock	n/a
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993	I121	Natural rock exposure: scree, acid/neutral	overlap
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998	3.3.2	Roche siliceuse	same
Biotopes of Slovakia 1996	4310000	Skalné sutiny alpínskeho stupna	n/a

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	H2.3	Temperate-montane acid siliceous screes	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	H2.3	Temperate-montane acid siliceous screes	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	H2.3	Temperate-montane acid siliceous screes	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	H2.3	Temperate-montane acid siliceous screes	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	H2.3	Temperate-montane acid siliceous screes	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	H2.3	Temperate-montane acid siliceous screes	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	61.1	Alpine and northern siliceous screes	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	61.1	Alpine and northern siliceous screes	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	61.1		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	61.1		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	61.1		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	61.1		same

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