Alpine woodrush screes

Common name:
Alpine woodrush screes
Habitat code:
H2.3131
Description:

Humid, humus-rich silicate screes of the Alps, on slopes long-covered with snow, carpeted by the alpine woodrush, [Luzula alpinopilosa], accompanied by a cortège that constitutes an ecological variant of the snow patch communities of unit 36.1114, characterized by a stronger representation of scree species of the [Androsasetalia].

Important species scientific name Corresponding species comments
Luzula alpinopilosa (Chaix) Breistr. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising