Temperate-montane calcareous and ultra-basic screes

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Common name:

Habitat code:

H2.4

Description:

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.

References:

ILE SAS, 2005

Important species scientific name	Corresponding species comments
Artemisia genipi Weber	Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000
Jasione crispa ssp. serpentinica P.Silva	Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000
Arenaria ciliata ssp. ciliata L.	Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000
Aquilegia bertolonii Schott	Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000
Aquilegia kitaibelii Schott	Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000
Linaria tonzigii Lona	Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000

Code in legal instrument
Legal instrument	Habitat type legal name	Habitat type legal code
EU Habitats Directive Annex I	Calcareous and calcshist screes of the montane to alpine levels (Thlaspietea rotundifolii)	6120

Next sub-divisions
EUNIS Code	Type Name	Name
H2.45	Rhodopide calcareous screes	Rhodopide calcareous screes
H2.41	Alpine calcschist screes	Alpine calcschist screes
H2.42	Alpine pennycress screes	[Thlaspi rotundifolium] screes
H2.43	Fine calcareous screes	Fine calcareous screes
H2.44	Carpathian calcareous screes	Carpathian calcareous screes