Subarctic and alpine dwarf willow scrub
Description (English)
Salix scrub composed of species that rarely exceed 1.5 m in height. Dwarf willow scrub is well developed in boreal and arctic mountains and in subarctic lowlands. In mountains of the nemoral and warm-temperate zones, stands of dwarf willow scrub are of much smaller extent and are charactistic of late-lying snow patches. They occur in the Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathians and Caucasus, and very locally to the south in the Paeonian mountains, Sierra Nevada, Cordillera Central, Monti Sibillini and Abruzzi. They occur locally in the Scottish Highlands and in the Sudeten.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code F2.1 |
|---|
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
| Name | Definition | Alternatives | Reftext |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salicion herbaceae Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et Jenny 1926 | Snow-bed communities on siliceous substrates of alpine and nival belts of mountains of nemoral zone of Europe | Luzulion spadiceae Rübel 1933; Nardo-Salicion herbaceae Englisch 1999 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Cassiopo-Salicion herbaceae Nordhagen 1943 | Arctic and boreo-arctic snow-bed dwarf-scrub communities on siliceous substrates of Scandinavia, Svalbard, Iceland and Greenland | Herbaceion Du Rietz 1950 (orig. form); Herbaceion Gjaerevoll 1956 (orig. form); Luzulion arcticae (Nordhagen 1936) Gjaervoll 1956; Luzulion nivalis Nordhagen 1936; Salicion herbaceae Du Rietz 1942; Cassiopeto-Salicion herbaceae Nordhagen 1936 (orig. form) | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Salici herbaceae-Caricion lachenalii Béguin et Theurillat 1982 | Vegetation of sandy-gravely siliceous alluvia dominated by arctic-alpine species in alpine belt of Alps | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Species mentioned in habitat description
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 36.1 | Snow-patch communities | wider |
| CORINE Land Cover | 3.3.3. | Sparsely vegetated areas | n/a |
| Biodiversity Broad Habitat Classification (UK) | 15 | Montane habitats | wider |
| Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 | 4.4 | Combes à neige | wider |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | F2.1 | Subarctic and alpine dwarf willow scrub | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | F2.1 | Snow-patch dwarf willow scrub | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | F2.1 | Snow-patch dwarf willow scrub | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | F2.1 | Snow-patch dwarf willow scrub | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | F3.1 | Snow-patch dwarf willow scrub | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | F3.1 | Snow patch dwarf willow scrub | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 36.1 | Part of Snow-patch communities | wider |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 36.1 | Part of Snow-patch communities | wider |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 36.1 | wider | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 36.1 | wider | |
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 36.1 | wider | |
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 36.1 | wider |
