Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths
English name:
Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths
Description (English)
Very low, single-stratum, carpets of trailing azalea, Loiseleuria procumbens, prostrate Vaccinium spp. or other prostrate ericoid shrublets, accompanied by lichens Cetraria islandica, Cladonia spp., of windswept, mostly snowfree, localities in the alpine belt of the high mountains of the Alpine system, with an outpost in the Balkan Peninsula: Šar planina (Kosovo).
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code F2.21 |
|---|---|
| Bern Convention | Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (F2.2) |
| Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
| Legal text | Annex | Name in legal text | Code in legal text |
Habitat type relationship |
More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 | Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation | Alpine and Boreal heaths | 4060 | Narrower | http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm |
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Flowering Plants
Loiseleuria procumbens
Fungi
Cetraria islandica
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Loiseleuria procumbens | Flowering Plants | |
| Cetraria islandica | Fungi |
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 31.41 | Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths | source |
| CORINE Land Cover | 3.2.2. | Moors and heathland | n/a |
| Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 | 5.4.6 | Lande alpine ventée | wider |
| Biotopes of the Czech Republic 2001 | A2.1 | ALPÍNSKÁ VŘESOVIŠTĚ (Alpine heathlands) | wider |
| Biotopes of Slovakia 1996 | 9310000 | Spolocentvá vysokohorských trávnatých a kríckovitých holí na silikátovom podklade | n/a |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | F2.21 | Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | F2.21 | Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | F2.21 | Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | F2.21 | Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | F3.21 | Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | F3.21 | Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 31.41 | Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 31.41 | Alpide dwarf ericoid wind heaths | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 31.41 | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 31.41 | same | |
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 31.41 | same | |
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 31.41 | same |
