Alpide dwarf [Vaccinium] wind heaths
Common name:
Alpide dwarf [Vaccinium] wind heaths
Habitat code:
F2.212
Description:
Very low, single-stratum, carpets of prostrate [Vaccinium] spp. and lichens, of windswept, mostly snowfree, localities in the alpine belt of the high mountains of the Alpine system, for the most part [Vaccinium]-dominated facies of the trailing azalea communities, in which [Loiseleuria procumbens] often accompanies [Vaccinium myrtillus], [Vaccinium vitis-idaea] or [Vaccinium uliginosum], the latter represented, as in 31.411, 31.44 and 31.4A, by the distinctive low, small-leaved, creeping, mat-forming entity variously referred to as [Vaccinium gaultherioides], [Vaccinium uliginosum ssp. microphyllum], [Vaccinium alpina], [Vaccinium pubescens], [Vaccinium uliginosum ssp. pubescens].
Important species scientific name | Corresponding species comments |
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Vaccinium vitis-idaea Linnaeus, 1753 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Vaccinium myrtillus Linnaeus, 1753 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Vaccinium uliginosum Linnaeus, 1753 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Vaccinium uliginosum ssp. microphyllum Lange | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Loiseleuria procumbens (L.) Desv. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
EUNIS Code | Type Name | Name |
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F2.2121 | Alps dwarf [Vaccinium] wind heaths | Alps dwarf [Vaccinium] wind heaths |
F2.2122 | Carpathian dwarf [Vaccinium] wind heaths | Carpathian dwarf [Vaccinium] wind heaths |
EUNIS Site Code | Source | Greek Natura 2000 code | Site name |
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P0000008B | P0000008B | BISTRICA | |
Q0A200101 | Q0A200101 | LIVADHI HARUSHES | |
Q0A200102 | Q0A200102 | BOGE-THETH | |
Q0A200104 | Q0A200104 | GASH-CURRAJ |