Nevadan borreguiles

General Information Species Natura

Common name:

Nevadan borreguiles

Habitat code:

E4.3622

Description:

Dense hygrophilous grasslands occupying humid flats around lakes, gullies, glacial basins, depressions at the oro- and cryoro-Mediterranean levels of the Sierra Nevada, with [Nardus stricta], [Festuca hispanica], [Agrostis nevadensis], [Plantago nivalis], [Carex intricata], [Ranunculus acetosellifolius], [Vaccinium uliginosum], [Lotus glareosus], [Leontodon microcephalus], [Galium nevadense], [Gentiana boryi], [Meum nevadense], [Jasione crispa ssp. amethystina], many of which Sierra Nevada endemics.

References:

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

Important species scientific name	Corresponding species comments
Meum athamanticum Jacq.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Jasione crispa ssp. amethystina (Lag. & Rodr.) Tutin	Subspecies mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Vaccinium uliginosum Linnaeus, 1753	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Lotus glareosus Boiss. & Reut.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Gentiana boryi Boiss.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Ranunculus acetosellifolius Boiss.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Plantago nivalis Boiss.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Galium nevadense Boiss. & Reut.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Agrostis nevadensis Boiss.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Nardus stricta Linnaeus, 1753	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