Mountain sorrel screes

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Common name:

Habitat code:

H2.311

Description:

Stabilised silicate screes, poor in humus, of the Alpine system, the Pyrenees and Corsica, characterized by [Oxyria digyna] and with [Cerastium uniflorum], [Doronicum clusii], [Doronicum grandiflorum], [Poa laxa].

References:

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

Important species scientific name	Corresponding species comments
Doronicum grandiflorum Lam.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Doronicum clusii (All.) Tausch	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Cerastium uniflorum Clairv.	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Oxyria digyna (L.) Hill	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Poa laxa Haenke	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising

Next sub-divisions
EUNIS Code	Type Name	Name
H2.3111	Alpine mountain sorrel screes	Alpine mountain sorrel screes
H2.3112	Southwestern Alpine mountain sorrel screes	Southwestern Alpine mountain sorrel screes
H2.3113	Pyrenean mountain sorrel screes	Pyrenean mountain sorrel screes
H2.3114	Corsican mountain sorrel screes	Corsican mountain sorrel screes
H2.3115	Carpathian mountain sorrel screes	Carpathian mountain sorrel screes
H2.3116	Rhodopide mountain sorrel screes	Rhodopide mountain sorrel screes