Shrub tundra
Description (English)
Tundra with a usually extensive cover of sub-shrubs or low shrubs over herbs, mosses and lichens on sporadically permafrost soils of the southern arctic and subarctic zones, often grazed into grassy mosaics
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code S1-1 |
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Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableIndicator species
Diagnostic species occur concentrated in the habitat in question, but are absent or rare in other habitats. They are good positive indicators of the habitat, but they do not need to occur in every location of the habitat.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Cladonia amaurocraea | Fungi | |
Cassiope tetragona | Flowering Plants | |
Cetraria nivalis | Fungi | |
Betula nana | Flowering Plants | |
Aulacomnium turgidum | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Pedicularis lapponica | Flowering Plants | |
Salix polaris | Flowering Plants | |
Cetraria cucullata | Fungi | |
Vaccinium uliginosum | Flowering Plants | |
Thamnolia vermicularis | Fungi | |
Stereocaulon paschale | Fungi | |
Cetraria ericetorum | Fungi | |
Sphaerophorus globosus | Fungi | |
Sphenolobus minutus | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Rubus chamaemorus | Flowering Plants | |
Carex rariflora | Flowering Plants | |
Cladonia arbuscula | Fungi | |
Nephroma arcticum | Fungi | |
Cladonia stellaris | Fungi |
Constant species occur frequently in the habitat, but they may include generalist species that are also frequent in other habitats.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Vaccinium uliginosum | Flowering Plants | |
Empetrum nigrum subsp. hermaphroditum | Flowering Plants | |
Betula nana | Flowering Plants | |
Hylocomium splendens | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Cladonia arbuscula | Fungi | |
Cetraria nivalis | Fungi | |
Rubus chamaemorus | Flowering Plants | |
Polytrichum strictum | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Cladonia uncialis | Fungi | |
Cladonia amaurocraea | Fungi | |
Cetraria islandica | Fungi | |
Cassiope tetragona | Flowering Plants | |
Vaccinium vitis-idaea | Flowering Plants | |
Thamnolia vermicularis | Fungi | |
Salix polaris | Flowering Plants | |
Polygonum viviparum | Flowering Plants | |
Pedicularis lapponica | Flowering Plants | |
Dicranum scoparium | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Cladonia gracilis | Fungi |
Dominant species are those that often reach high cover in the habitat, thus determining the habitat physiognomy.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Empetrum nigrum subsp. hermaphroditum | Flowering Plants | |
Pleurozium schreberi | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Empetrum nigrum | Flowering Plants | |
Cassiope tetragona | Flowering Plants | |
Stereocaulon paschale | Fungi | |
Rubus chamaemorus | Flowering Plants | |
Ochrolechia frigida | Fungi | |
Drepanocladus uncinatus | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Cladonia arbuscula | Fungi | |
Aulacomnium palustre | Mosses & Liverworts | |
Arctostaphylos alpinus | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | F1.1 | Shrub tundra | same | new description |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | F1.1 | Shrub tundra | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | F1.1 | Shrub tundra | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | F1.1 | Shrub tundra | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | F1.1 | Shrub tundra | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | F3.3 | Dwarf-shrub tundra | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | F3.3 | Dwarf-shrub tundra | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 39.1 | Shrub tundra | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 39.1 | Dwarf shrub tundra | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 39.1 | same | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 39.1 | same |