U52 Polar desert

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Diagnostic taxa

Festuca ovina, Sibbaldia procumbens, Carex bigelowii, Luzula confusa, Cardamine bellidifolia, Juncus trifidus, Agrostis mertensii, Hierochloe alpina, Antennaria alpina, Cassiope hypnoides, Cassiope tetragona

Constant taxa

Festuca ovina, Betula nana, Sibbaldia procumbens, Carex bigelowii, Luzula confusa, Cardamine bellidifolia, Juncus trifidus, Agrostis mertensii, Hierochloe alpina, Bistorta vivipara, Veronica alpina, Antennaria alpina, Hieracium lachenalii, Lycopodium annotinum, Gnaphalium supinum, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, Cassiope hypnoides, Cassiope tetragona

Dominant taxa

Carex bigelowii, Luzula confusa, Vaccinium vitis-idaea

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.

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