Arctic [Dryas] heaths

Common name:
Arctic [Dryas] heaths
Habitat code:
F2.294
Description:

Maritime or submaritime [Dryas octopetala] heaths of the arctic lowlands of the Palaearctic continent and of the low arctic and subarctic islands of the North Atlantic and the Northern Ocean.

Important species scientific name Corresponding species comments
Dryas octopetala Linnaeus, 1753 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising