Alpic acid cudweed snow-patch communities
Common name:
Alpic acid cudweed snow-patch communities
Habitat code:
E4.112
Description:
Communities of areas covered by snow for six to eight months, with [Carex foetida], [Alopecurus gerardii], [Omalotheca supina] ([Gnaphalium supinum]) (including [Omalotheca supina var. pusilla]), [Lepidium stylatum], [Alchemilla pentaphyllea], [Mucizonia sedoides], ([Umbilicus sedoides], [Sedum candollei]), [Sedum alpestre], [Cardamine alpina], [Carex pyrenaica], of the Alps, the eastern Carpathian system, the ranges of the Balkan peninsula, the Pyrenees; they extend to the subalpine level and include the isolated cryoro-Mediterranean formations of the Cordillera Central and the Sierra Nevada.
Important species scientific name | Corresponding species comments |
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Lepidium hirtum ssp. stylatum (Lag. & Rodr.) Thell. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Cardamine bellidifolia ssp. alpina (Willd.) B.M.G.Jones | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Mucizonia sedoides (DC.) D.A.Webb | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Sedum alpestre Vill. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Alopecurus gerardii Vill., 1786 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
EUNIS Site Code | Source | Greek Natura 2000 code | Site name |
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B00000035 | B00000035 | SIERRA NEVADA |