Temperate-montane calcareous and ultra-basic screes
English name:
Temperate-montane calcareous and ultra-basic screes
Description (English)
Calcareous and calcschist screes of high altitudes and cool sites in mountain ranges of the nemoral zone, including the Alps, Pyrenees and Caucasus. Usually sparse vegetation cover, unstabile, on steep slopes.
Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code H2.4 |
|---|---|
| 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
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 | Calcareous and calcshist screes of the montane to alpine levels (Thlaspietea rotundifolii) | 8120 | Wider | http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm |
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
| Name | Definition | Other names | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saxifragion praetermissae Rivas-Mart. 1977 | Oro-Cantabrian and Pyrenean vegetation wet screes with long-lasting snow cover | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
| Thlaspion rotundifolii Jenny-Lips 1930 | Alpine and subalpine vegetation of calcareous scree communities of Alps | Galio anisophylli-Minuartion vernae Ernst 1965; Trisetion distichophylli Gams 1936; Thlaspion rotundifolii Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et Jenny 1926 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Papaverion tatrici Pawlowski et al. 1928 corr. Valachovic 1995 | Alpine and subalpine vegetation of calcareous scree communities of Western Carpathians | Papaverion burseri Pawlowski et al. 1928 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Iberidion spathulatae Br.-Bl. 1948 | Pyrenean oro-cryotemperate calcareous scree communities | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
| Petasition paradoxi Zollitsch ex Lippert 1966 | Vegetation of humid calcareous fine-grained screes of montane and subalpine belts of Alps | Dryopteridion submontanae Rivas-Mart. et al. 1984; Gymnocarpion robertiani Fernandez Casas 1970; Petasition paradoxi Zollitsch 1966 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Platycapno saxicolae-Iberidion granatensis Rivas Goday et Rivas-Mart. 1963 | South Iberian supra-oromediterranean calcareous scree communities | Platycapno saxicolae-Iberidion lagascanae Rivas Goday et Rivas-Mart. 1963 nom. mut. propos. | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Papavero-Thymion pulcherrimi Pop 1968 | Alpine calcareous scree communities of Eastern and Southern Carpathians | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
| Iberido apertae-Linarion propinquae Penas et al. ex Díaz González et Fernández Prieto 1994 | Orocantabric and Castilian-Cantabrian supratemperate calcareous scree communities | Linarion filicaulis Rivas-Mart. 1969; Linarion filicaulis Rivas-Mart. ex Fernández Prieto 1983 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Veronico-Papaverion degenii Mucina et al. 1990 | Alpine communities on marble and limestone screes of Pirin (Bulgaria) | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
| Arabidion alpinae Béguin in Richard 1972 | Vegetation of humid stable coarse-grained screes and boulder fields of nemoral moutains of Central Europe | Arabidion alpinae Béguin 1974; Arabidion alpinae Béguin in Richard 1971 (sensu Rivas-Martinez et al. 2011) | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Thlaspion stylosi Feoli-Chiapella et Feoli 1977 | Vegetation of alpine calcareous screes of Central and Southern Apennines | Thlaspion apenninicum Migliaccio 1970; Thlaspion stylosi Feoli-Chiapella 1983 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Androsacion ciliatae Rivas-Mart. 1988 | Subnival and alpine summit scree vegetation of Central Pyrenees | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
| Saxifragion prenjae Lakušic 1968 | Subalpine chionophilous calcareous scree communities of Southern and Central Dinarides | Saxifragion prenjae Lakušic 1966; Saxifragion prenjae Lakušic 1970 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Bunion alpini Lakušic 1968 | Subalpine chionophilous calcareous scree communities of Northern Dinarides | Bunion alpini Lakušic 1970 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Festucion dimorphae Bonin 1978 | Vegetation of lower montane-subalpine calcareous screes of Central and Southern Apennines | Festucion dimorphae Barbero et Bonin 1969; Festucion dimorphae Lakušic 1968; Festucion dimorphae Lakušic 1969; Linario-Festucion dimorphae Avena et Bruno 1975; Linario purpureae-Festucion dimorphae Avena & Bruno ex Feoli-Chiapella 1983 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Drabion hoppeanae Zollitsch in Merxmüller et Zollitsch 1967 | Subnival and alpine vegetation on lime-rich shale screes and congelifracted slopes of Alps | Drabion hoppeanae Zollitsch 1966; Drabion hoppeanae Zollitsch 1968; Drabion hoppeanae Zollitsch in Oberd. et al. 1967 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Species mentioned in habitat description
Not available
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 61.2 | Alpine calcareous screes | same |
| CORINE Land Cover | 3.3.2. | Bare rock | n/a |
| Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993 | I122 | Natural rock exposure: scree, basic | overlap |
| Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 | 3.3.1 | Roche calcaire | same |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | H2.4 | Temperate-montane calcareous and ultra-basic screes | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | H2.4 | Temperate-montane calcareous and ultra-basic screes | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | H2.4 | Temperate-montane calcareous and ultra-basic screes | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | H2.4 | Temperate-montane calcareous and ultra-basic screes | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | H2.4 | Temperate-montane calcareous and ultra-basic screes | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | H2.4 | Temperate-montane calcareous and basic siliceous screes | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 61.2 | Alpine calcareous screes | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 61.2 | Alpine calcareous screes | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 61.2 | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 61.2 | same | |
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 61.2 | same | |
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 61.2 | same |
