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R41 Snow-bed vegetation

Diagnostic taxa

Alchemilla fissa, Potentilla brauneana, Salix herbacea, Alchemilla pentaphyllea, Sibbaldia procumbens, Sedum alpestre, Saxifraga androsacea, Saxifraga carpatica, Saxifraga cespitosa, Saxifraga stellaris, Saxifraga tenuis, Ranunculus crenatus, Ranunculus glacialis, Ranunculus pygmaeus, Carex pyrenaica, Luzula alpinopilosa, Cardamine alpina, Poa alpina, Hornungia alpina, Arabis caerulea, Cerastium cerastoides, Sagina saginoides, Veronica alpina, Leucanthemopsis alpina, Gentiana bavarica, Gnaphalium hoppeanum, Gnaphalium supinum, Achillea atrata, Achillea clusiana, Oxyria digyna, Arenaria biflora, Saxifraga cernua, Ranunculus alpestris, Taraxacum sect. Alpina, Soldanella pusilla

Bryophytes: Anthelia juratzkana, Pohlia drummondii, Polytrichastrum sexangulare

Constant taxa

Geum montanum, Salix herbacea, Sibbaldia procumbens, Sedum alpestre, Saxifraga androsacea, Saxifraga stellaris, Arabis alpina, Ranunculus glacialis, Luzula alpinopilosa, Poa alpina, Hornungia alpina, Cerastium cerastoides, Bistorta vivipara, Sagina saginoides, Veronica alpina, Leucanthemopsis alpina, Ligusticum mutellina, Gnaphalium supinum, Achillea atrata, Oxyria digyna, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Ranunculus alpestris, Myosotis alpestris, Silene acaulis, Taraxacum sect. Alpina, Soldanella pusilla

Bryophytes: Polytrichastrum alpinum, Polytrichastrum sexangulare, Sanionia uncinata

Dominant taxa

Chytrý M., Tichý L., Hennekens S.M., Knollová I., Janssen J.A.M., Rodwell J.S. … Schaminée J.H.J. (2020) EUNIS Habitat Classification: expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats. Applied Vegetation Science 23: 648–675. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12519

Version 2021-06-01, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4812736.

For the official presentation of the EUNIS Habitat Classification from the European Environment Agency, please see: EUNIS Terrestrial Habitat Classification 2021. The FloraVeg.EU presentation may show modifications and partial updates to the habitat classification.