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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 cernua, Saxifraga cespitosa, Saxifraga stellaris, Saxifraga tenuis, Arabis caerulea, Cardamine alpina, Carex pyrenaica, Hornungia alpina, Luzula alpinopilosa, Poa alpina, Ranunculus crenatus, Ranunculus glacialis, Ranunculus pygmaeus, Cerastium cerastoides, Sagina saginoides, Veronica alpina, Taraxacum sect. Alpina, Gentiana bavarica, Gnaphalium hoppeanum, Gnaphalium supinum, Achillea atrata, Achillea clusiana, Oxyria digyna, Soldanella pusilla, Arenaria biflora, Ranunculus alpestris, Leucanthemopsis alpina

Bryophytes: Anthelia juratzkana, Pohlia drummondii, Polytrichastrum sexangulare

Constant taxa

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

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.