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Allgäuer Hochalpen

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Source and more information: Natura 2000 Standard Data Form


Species


List

Species summary

Nature directives' species in this site (15)
Species group Number
Birds 9
Flowering Plants 1
Invertebrates 1
Mosses & Liverworts 4

Habitat types

Habitat type code Habitat type english name Cover [ha]
3140 Hard oligo-mesotrophic waters with benthic vegetation of Chara spp 8
3220 Alpine rivers and the herbaceous vegetation along their banks 20
3240 Alpine rivers and their ligneous vegetation with Salix elaeagnos 30
4060 Alpine and Boreal heaths 500
4070 Bushes with Pinus mugo and Rhododendron hirsutum (Mugo-Rhododendretum hirsuti) 1800
4080 Sub-Arctic Salix spp scrub 15
6150 Siliceous alpine and boreal grasslands 1530
6170 Alpine and subalpine calcareous grasslands 4700
6210 Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (* important orchid sites) 7.3
6210 Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (* important orchid sites) 8.09
6230 Species-rich Nardus grasslands, on silicious substrates in mountain areas (and submountain areas in Continental Europe) 22.74
6430 Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane to alpine levels 3100
6520 Mountain hay meadows 200
7110 Active raised bogs 30
7140 Transition mires and quaking bogs 5
7150 Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion 2
7220 Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion) 20
7230 Alkaline fens 150
7240 Alpine pioneer formations of the Caricion bicoloris-atrofuscae 1
8110 Siliceous scree of the montane to snow levels (Androsacetalia alpinae and Galeopsietalia ladani) 300
8120 Calcareous and calcshist screes of the montane to alpine levels (Thlaspietea rotundifolii) 1800
8210 Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation 2700
8220 Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation 20
8310 Caves not open to the public 1
9130 Asperulo-Fagetum beech forests 750
9140 Medio-European subalpine beech woods with Acer and Rumex arifolius 300
9180 Tilio-Acerion forests of slopes, screes and ravines 200
91D0 Bog woodland 5
91E0 Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae) 300
9410 Acidophilous Picea forests of the montane to alpine levels (Vaccinio-Piceetea) 400

Designation information

NATURA 2000 is the ecological network for the conservation of wild animals and plant species and natural habitats of Community importance within the Union. It consists of sites classified under the Birds Directive and the Habitats Directive (the Nature Directives).

NATURA 2000 site under

Birds Directive 2009/147/EC (SPA) Not under Birds directive
 
Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (SCI) Under Habitats directive
  • Date proposed as Site of Community Importance (SCI)
Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 CET 2001
  • Date confirmed as Site of Community Importance
Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 CET 2004
 
Date designated as Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 CEST 2016
 
Date of Standard data form update Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 CEST 2016

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