Concept: Boreo-alpine calcicline snow-patch grassland and herb habitats in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/E4.12
Preferred label	Boreo-alpine calcicline snow-patch grassland and herb habitats
Definition	Herbaceous snow-patch swards of the Alpids, characteristic of calcareous soils under snow for long periods, with [Arabis caerulea], [Carex atrata], [Ranunculus alpestris], [Saxifraga androsacea] and other calciphile snowfield, snowbed and snow-patch communities of boreal and arcto-alpine mountains formed by small herbs, grasses or mosses. Dwarf, underground-stemmed willows may also be present but not dominant (c.f. unit F2.12).
Notation	E4.12
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2014-01-31
Accepted Date	2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Has broader	E4.1 (Vegetated snow-patch) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has narrower	E4.121 (Alpic small herb calcicolous snow-patch communities) in biodiversity/eunishabitats E4.122 ([Distichium capillaceum] snowbed communities) in biodiversity/eunishabitats E4.123 (Snow buttercup snowbed communities) in biodiversity/eunishabitats E4.124 (Snow grass snowbed communities) in biodiversity/eunishabitats E4.125 (Arctic woodrush snowbed communities) in biodiversity/eunishabitats E4.126 (Boreal herb-rich calcicline snowbed communities) in biodiversity/eunishabitats E4.127 (Subarctic small-herb snowbed communities) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/1550