Greek Biodiversity
Community-Biotope

Pyreneo-Alpine hygrophile foxtail swards

General Information Species Natura
Common name:
Pyreneo-Alpine hygrophile foxtail swards
Habitat code:
E4.313
Description:

Subalpine and alpine hygro-mesophile, chionophilous grasslands of depressions with prolonged snow cover dominated by [Alopecurus gerardii] and [Trifolium alpestre]; they constitute a transition between siliceous grasslands and snow-patch communities, which they often ring.

References:
Devillers, P., Devillers-Terschuren, J. and Vander Linden, C., 2001
Important species scientific name Corresponding species comments
Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus, 1758)
Emberiza cia Linnaeus, 1766
Trifolium alpestre Linnaeus, 1763 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Alopecurus gerardii Vill., 1786 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Eremophilla alpestris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Montifringilla nivalis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Prunella collaris (Scopoli, 1769)
Sites in which this biotope type has been recorded
EUNIS Site Code Source Greek Natura 2000 code Site name
A00010027 GR1340001 ETHNIKOS DRYMOS PRESPON