Sudeten summital mat-grass swards

General Information Species Natura

Common name:

Habitat code:

E4.3165

Description:

[Nardus stricta] grasslands of the high altitudes of the Sudeten mountains (Krkonose, Hruby Jesenik), with [Carex bigelowii ssp. rigida] ([Carex rigida], [Carex fyllae]), [Hieracium alpinum], [Primula minima], [Potentilla aurea], [Deschampsia flexuosa], [Anthoxanthum odoratum], [Lycopodium alpinum], and, in some formations, [Sphagnum nemoreum], [Sphagnum girgensohnii], [Polytrichum strictum].

References:

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

Important species scientific name	Corresponding species comments
Primula minima L.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Potentilla aurea L.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Hieracium alpinum L.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Carex ferruginea Scop.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Anthoxanthum odoratum Linnaeus, 1753	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Deschampsia flexuosa (Linnaeus, 1753) Trin., 1836	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Nardus stricta Linnaeus, 1753	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Diphasiastrum alpinum (L.) Holub	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Polytrichum strictum Menzies ex Brid.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising

Sites in which this biotope type has been recorded
EUNIS Site Code	Greek Natura 2000 code	Site name
G0J100100	G0J100100	KARKONOSZE
G0J100101	G0J100101	KARKONOSKI PARK NARODOWY
G0J100105	G0J100105	TORFOWISKA MIEDZY SNIEZKA A SMOGORIA
G0J100201	G0J100201	CHROSNICKIE KOPY