Nevadan Festuca clementei stripped grasslands

English name: Nevadan Festuca clementei stripped grasslands

Description (English)

Psychroxerophile grasslands of the cryoro-Mediterranean level (above 2900 m) of the Sierra Nevada, formed by Festuca clementei, Erigeron frigidus, Artemisia granatensis, Ptilotrichum purpureum, Papaver lapeyrousianum, all, except the last, Sierra Nevada endemics.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code E4.3618
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (E4.3)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Artemisia granatensis
Flowering Plants Erigeron frigidus
Flowering Plants Festuca clementei
Flowering Plants Papaver lapeyrousianum
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Artemisia granatensis Flowering Plants
Erigeron frigidus Flowering Plants
Festuca clementei Flowering Plants
Papaver lapeyrousianum Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 36.3618 Nevadan Festuca clementei stripped grasslands source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 E4.3618 Nevadan Festuca clementei stripped grasslands same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 E4.3618 Nevadan Festuca clementei stripped grasslands same
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