Alpic [Nardus stricta] swards and related communities
Closed grasslands of deep, acid soils of the Alps, the Carpathians, the Pyrenees, the northern Apennines, the Jura and the higher Hercynian ranges, the northern and central Dinarides, developed mostly and abundantly in the subalpine level and included in the alliance Nardion, dominated or co-dominated by [Nardus stricta], [Festuca rubra], [Alopecurus gerardii], [Bellardiochloa variegata], [Carex sempervirens], [Anthoxanthum odoratum]. Similar [Nardus stricta] grasslands of the Moesian region of the Balkan peninsula, distributed at high elevations of the Balkan Range, the Rhodopides, the Moeso-Macedonian mountains and the Pelagonides, as southern extensions of the Alpigenous communities or as grazing-induced facies of the more varied communities of unit E4.39.
Important species scientific name | Corresponding species comments |
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Carex sempervirens Vill., 1787 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Festuca rubra Linnaeus, 1753 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Alopecurus gerardii Vill., 1786 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Anthoxanthum odoratum Linnaeus, 1753 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Bellardiochloa variegata (Lam., 1791) Kerguélen, 1983 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Nardus stricta Linnaeus, 1753 | Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising |
Legal instrument | Habitat type legal name | Habitat type legal code |
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EU Habitats Directive Annex I | Species-rich Nardus grasslands, on silicious substrates in mountain areas (and submountain areas in | 6230 |
EUNIS Code | Type Name | Name |
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E4.317 | Carpathian mat-grass swards | Carpathian mat-grass swards |
E4.318 | Oro-Moesian mat-grass swards | Oro-Moesian mat-grass swards |
E4.319 | Dinaride mat-grass swards | Dinaride mat-grass swards |
E4.311 | Pyreneo-Alpine mesophile mat-grass swards | Pyreneo-Alpine mesophile mat-grass swards |
E4.312 | Pyreneo-Alpine hygrophile mat-grass swards | Pyreneo-Alpine hygrophile mat-grass swards |
E4.313 | Pyreneo-Alpine hygrophile foxtail swards | Pyreneo-Alpine hygrophile foxtail swards |
E4.315 | Pyrenean [Poa violacea] swards | Pyrenean [Poa violacea] swards |
E4.316 | Hercynian summital mat-grass swards | Hercynian summital mat-grass swards |
E4.314 | Pyrenean closed [Festuca eskia] grassland | Pyrenean closed [Festuca eskia] grassland |