Alpic acid cudweed snow-patch communities

General Information Species Natura

Common name:

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.

References:

Devillers, P., Devillers-Terschuren, J. and Vander Linden, C., 2001

Important species scientific name	Corresponding species comments
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

Sites in which this biotope type has been recorded
EUNIS Site Code	Source	Greek Natura 2000 code	Site name
B00000035		B00000035	SIERRA NEVADA