EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > E - Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens > E1 - Dry grasslands > E1.1 - Inland sand and rock with open vegetation > E1.11 - Euro-Siberian rock debris swards

Euro-Siberian rock debris swards

English name: Euro-Siberian rock debris swards

Description (English)

Open lowland and hill rock debris swards of suboceanic, temperate, boreal or sub-Mediterranean, climates of Western Europe and of Central Europe, east, sporadically, to the Baltic countries and the Black Sea, formed mostly by annuals and succulents or semisucculents on decomposed rock surfaces of edges, ledges or knolls, with calcareous or siliceous soils frequently disturbed by erosion or rabbits. Vegetation communities are of Alysso-Sedion albi and Seslerio-Festucion pallentis. These swards comprise a great variety of distinct and often very local, isolated communities harbouring many characteristic species like Erophila verna, Jovibarba globifera ssp. glabrescens, Poa bulbosa, Sedum acre, Sedum album, Sedum sexangulare, among which are numerous rare forms including both relict and evolutionarily recent taxa. Together with more developed grassland communities of unit E1.29, sometimes E1.21-E1.25, E1.27, or E1.281, very species poor communities of units H3.19 or H3.2B, and lacunar shrub formations of unit F3.1, they constitute the vascular vegetation of middle European inland cliffs and rock outcroppings of unit H3 (namely H3.1B, H3.1C and H3.2E).

Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code E1.11
Bern Convention	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2014)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention lists endangered natural habitats requiring specific conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming the Emerald network]

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	Rupicolous calcareous or basophilic grasslands of the Alysso-Sedion albi	6110	Same	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Erophila verna

Flowering Plants Poa bulbosa

Flowering Plants Sedum acre

Flowering Plants Sedum album

Flowering Plants Sedum sexangulare

Species scientific name	English common name	Species group
Erophila verna		Flowering Plants
Poa bulbosa		Flowering Plants
Sedum acre		Flowering Plants
Sedum album		Flowering Plants
Sedum sexangulare		Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	34.11	Euro-Siberian rock debris swards	source
CORINE Land Cover	3.2.1.	Natural grassland	n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	5.1.5.1	Bedrock alvar type	n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	5.2.1.1b	Dry meadow type on bedrocks, northern variant	n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	5.2.1.1	Dry meadow type on bedrocks	n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994	5.2.1.1a	Dry meadow type on bedrocks, poor variant	n/a
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998	4.1.1	Végétation des dalles calcaires de basse altitude	overlap
Biotopes of the Czech Republic 2001	T6.2	BAZIFILNÍ VEGETACE EFEMÉR A SUKULENTŮ (Basiphilous vegetation of spring therophytes and succulents)	narrower
Biotopes of the Czech Republic 2001	T6.1	ACIDOFILNÍ VEGETACE EFEMÉR A SUKULENTŮ (Acidophilous vegetation of spring therophytes and succulents)	narrower
Biotopes of Slovakia 1996	4340000	Biotopy stabilizovaných sutín a plytkých skeletnatých pôd	n/a
Biotopes of Slovakia 1996	4341000	Biotopy plytkých skeletnatých pôd na karbonátovom podloží	n/a

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	E1.11	Euro-Siberian rock debris swards	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	E1.11	Euro-Siberian rock debris swards	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	E1.11	Euro-Siberian rock debris swards	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	E1.11	Euro-Siberian rock debris swards	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	E1.11	Euro-Siberian rock debris swards	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	E1.31	Euro-Siberian rock debris swards	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	34.11	Euro-Siberian rock debris swards	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	34.11	Euro-Siberian rock debris swards	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	34.11		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	34.11		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	34.11		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	34.11		same

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