U52 Polar desert

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Diagnostic taxa

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

Constant taxa

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

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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