Alpide high mountain [Genista] and [Chamaecytisus] heaths

Common name:
Alpide high mountain greenweed heaths
Habitat code:
F2.2B
Description:

Low [Genista] spp. or [Chamaecytisus] spp. heaths of the subalpine, low alpine or montane belts of high southern nemoral mountains, in particular of the southern Alps, the Apennines, the Dinarides, the southern Carpathians, the Balkan Range, the Moeso-Macedonian mountains, the Pelagonides, the northern Pindus, the Rhodopides, the Thessalian mountains.

Important species scientific name Corresponding species comments
Chamaecytisus sp. Genus mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Genista sp. Genus mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Next sub-divisions
EUNIS Code Type Name Name
F2.2B1 Rayed broom heaths Rayed broom heaths
F2.2B2 Balkano-Rhodopide [Chamaecytisus eriocarpus] heaths Balkano-Rhodopide [Chamaecytisus eriocarpus] heaths
F2.2B3 Helleno-Balkanic [Chamaecytisus hirsutus] heaths Helleno-Balkanic [Chamaecytisus hirsutus] heaths