Alpide dwarf Vaccinium wind heaths
Description (English)
Very low, single-stratum, carpets of prostrate Vaccinium spp. and lichens, of windswept, mostly snowfree, localities in the alpine belt of the high mountains of the Alpine system, for the most part Vaccinium-dominated facies of the trailing azalea communities, in which Loiseleuria procumbens often accompanies Vaccinium myrtillus, Vaccinium vitis-idaea or Vaccinium uliginosum, the latter represented, as in F2.211, F2.24 and F2.2A, by the distinctive low, small-leaved, creeping, mat-forming entity variously referred to as Vaccinium gaultherioides, Vaccinium uliginosum ssp. microphyllum, Vaccinium alpina, Vaccinium pubescens, Vaccinium uliginosum ssp. pubescens.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code F2.212 |
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Bern Convention | Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (F2.2) |
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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Loiseleuria procumbens | Flowering Plants | |
Vaccinium gaultherioides | Flowering Plants | |
Vaccinium myrtillus | Flowering Plants | |
Vaccinium uliginosum | Flowering Plants | |
Vaccinium vitis-idaea | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 31.412 | Alpide dwarf Vaccinium wind heaths | source |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | F2.212 | Alpide dwarf Vaccinium wind heaths | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | F2.212 | Alpide dwarf Vaccinium wind heaths | same |