Concept: Oroboreal acidocline grassland in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/E4.32
Preferred label	Oroboreal acidocline grassland
Definition	Grass, sedge, rush, bryophyte and lichen acidophile or acidocline communities of the higher summits of the boreal and arcto-alpine mountains, southwest to the Highlands of Scotland, the Lake District, northern England and northern Wales, submitted to diverse, though generally moderate, levels of snow cover and wind exposure, with resulting affinities to both the fairly chionophilous Alpide grasslands of the [Caricetea curvulae] assembled in unit E4.31 and to the snowfield communities of unit E4.11; [Juncus trifidus] and [Carex bigelowii] are often present.
Notation	E4.32
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2014-01-31
Accepted Date	2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Editorial note	Physis habitat from which the description is taken includes this EUNIS habitat
Has broader	E4.3 (Acid alpine and subalpine grassland) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/1025