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U52 Polar desert

Diagnostic taxa

Agrostis mertensii, Antennaria alpina, Bistorta vivipara, Cardamine bellidifolia, Carex bigelowii, Cassiope hypnoides, Cassiope tetragona, Cerastium alpinum aggr., Draba corymbosa, Draba subcapitata, Festuca ovina, Hierochloe alpina, Juncus trifidus, Luzula confusa, Minuartia rubella, Saxifraga cespitosa, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Sibbaldia procumbens, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, Veronica alpina

Constant taxa

Agrostis mertensii, Antennaria alpina, Betula nana, Bistorta vivipara, Cardamine bellidifolia, Carex bigelowii, Cassiope hypnoides, Cassiope tetragona, Cerastium alpinum aggr., Draba corymbosa, Draba subcapitata, Festuca ovina, Gnaphalium supinum, Hieracium lachenalii, Hierochloe alpina, Juncus trifidus, Luzula confusa, Lycopodium annotinum, Minuartia rubella, Saxifraga cespitosa, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Sibbaldia procumbens, Silene acaulis, Taraxacum, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, Veronica alpina

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.