Pyrenean naked-rush swards

English name: Pyrenean naked-rush swards

Description (English)

Relatively extensive Kobresia myosuroides (Elyna myosuroides) formations of the calcareous ranges of the Pyrenees, where the Elyna-Oxytropis swards represent the main grassland formation of the alpine level.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code E4.422
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (E4.4)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Elyna myosuroides
Flowering Plants Kobresia myosuroides
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Elyna myosuroides Flowering Plants
Kobresia myosuroides Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 36.422 Pyrenean naked-rush swards source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 E4.422 Pyrenean naked-rush swards same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 E4.422 Pyrenean naked-rush swards same
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