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R41 Snow-bed vegetation

Diagnostic taxa

Achillea atrata, Achillea clusiana, Alchemilla fissa, Alchemilla pentaphyllea, Arabidopsis neglecta, Arabis caerulea, Arenaria biflora, Bistorta vivipara, Campanula pulla, Cardamine alpina, Carex parviflora, Carex pyrenaica, Cerastium cerastoides, Cerastium uniflorum, Cirsium spinosissimum aggr., Doronicum clusii, Gentiana bavarica, Geum montanum, Gnaphalium hoppeanum, Gnaphalium supinum, Hornungia alpina, Leucanthemopsis alpina, Ligusticum mutellina, Luzula alpinopilosa, Moehringia ciliata, Myosotis alpestris, Oxyria digyna, Poa alpina, Poa laxa, Potentilla brauneana, Primula minima, Ranunculus alpestris, Ranunculus crenatus, Ranunculus glacialis, Ranunculus pygmaeus, Sagina saginoides, Salix herbacea, Saxifraga androsacea, Saxifraga carpatica, Saxifraga cernua, Saxifraga moschata, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Saxifraga stellaris, Saxifraga tenuis, Sedum alpestre, Sibbaldia procumbens, Silene acaulis, Soldanella pusilla, Taraxacum sect. Alpina, Veronica alpina

Bryophytes: Anthelia juratzkana, Bartramia ithyphylla, Kiaeria starkei, Pohlia drummondii, Polytrichastrum alpinum, Polytrichastrum sexangulare

Constant taxa

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

Bryophytes: Polytrichastrum alpinum, Polytrichastrum sexangulare, Sanionia uncinata

Dominant taxa

Luzula alpinopilosa

Bryophytes: Polytrichastrum sexangulare

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 2025-10-03, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16895007.

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.