Cantabrian thrift swards
Common name:
Cantabrian thrift swards
Habitat code:
E4.415
Description:
Chionophilous grasslands of deep soils, somewhat decalcified at the surface, of the subalpine, and locally of the alpine or upper montane, levels of the calcareous Cantabrian Mountains, dominated by [Armeria cantabrica], [Carex sempervirens], [Festuca glacialis] or [Festuca gautieri], associated with [Sesleria albicans], [Poa alpina], [Poa minor], [Festuca burnatii], [Bellardiochloa violacea], [Agrostis schleicheri], and with [Anemone baldensis ssp. pavoniana], [Aquilegia pyrenaica ssp. discolor], [Jasione cavanillesii], [Pedicularis pyrenaica ssp. fallax], [Draba aizoides ssp. cantabriae], [Pimpinella siifolia], [Oxytropis pyrenaica], [Oxytropis halleri].
Important species scientific name | Corresponding species comments |
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Pimpinella siifolia Leresche | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Jasione crispa ssp. cavanillesii (C.Vicioso) Tutin | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Oxytropis halleri Bunge ex W.D.J.Koch | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Oxytropis pyrenaica Godr. & Gren. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Anemone pavoniana Boiss. | Subspecies mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Carex sempervirens Vill., 1787 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Festuca bucegiensis Markgr.-Dann. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Festuca gautieri (Hack.) K.Richt. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Bellardiochloa variegata (Lam., 1791) Kerguélen, 1983 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Festuca burnatii St.-Yves | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Poa alpina L. | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Poa minor Gaudin | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Sesleria angustifolia (Hackel & G. Beck) Deyl, 1978 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Aquilegia pyrenaica ssp. discolor (Levier & Leresche) Pereda & M.La¡nz | Subspecies mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |