Pyrenean [Festuca borderi] swards

Common name:
Pyrenean [Festuca borderi] swards
Habitat code:
E4.344
Description:

Subnival formations of the Pyrenees with [Potentilla frigida], [Erigeron uniflorus], [Carex rupestris] and many cushion plants such as [Saxifraga bryoides], [Saxifraga oppositifolia], [Minuartia sedoides], [Silene acaulis].

Important species scientific name Corresponding species comments
Erigeron uniflorus L. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Minuartia sedoides (L.) Hiern Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Potentilla frigida Vill. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Saxifraga bryoides L. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Saxifraga oppositifolia L. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Carex rupestris All. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Festuca borderi (Hack.) K.Richt. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising