Concept: Alpigenous acidophilous grassland in the eunishabitats vocabulary

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Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/E4.34
Preferred label	Alpigenous acidophilous grassland
Definition	Mostly closed [Carex curvula], [Festuca] spp., [Oreochloa] spp. or [Juncus trifidus] grasslands on siliceous soils of the alpine level of the Alps, the Carpathians and the Pyrenees, with very local outposts in the great Hercynian ranges and the Cantabrian Range. [Androsace obtusifolia], [Androsace carnea ssp. laggeri], [Campanula barbata], [Juncus jacquinii], [Juncus trifidus], [Silene exscapa], [Gentiana alpina], [Achillea erba-rotta], [Euphrasia minima], [Luzula lutea], [Luzula spicata], [Luzula hispanica], [Lychnis alpina], [Minuartia recurva], [Minuartia sedoides], [Pedicularis kerneri], [Pedicularis pyrenaica], [Phyteuma globulariifolium], [Phyteuma hemisphaericum], [Potentilla frigida], [Armeria alpina], [Senecio incanus], [Trifolium alpinum], [Veronica bellidioides], [Ranunculus pyrenaeus] are characteristic.
Notation	E4.34
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2014-01-31
Accepted Date	2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Has broader	E4.3 (Acid alpine and subalpine grassland) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has narrower	E4.341 (Alpigenous crooked-sedge grasslands) in biodiversity/eunishabitats E4.342 (Alpigenous [Festuca halleri] grasslands) in biodiversity/eunishabitats E4.343 (Alpigenous [Festuca airoides] grasslands) in biodiversity/eunishabitats E4.344 (Pyrenean [Festuca borderi] swards) in biodiversity/eunishabitats E4.345 (Alpigenous [Oreochloa disticha] swards) in biodiversity/eunishabitats E4.346 (Hercynio-Carpathian [Juncus trifidus] swards) in biodiversity/eunishabitats E4.347 (Cantabrian [Oreochloa blanka] swards) in biodiversity/eunishabitats E4.348 (Alpigenous [Agrostis rupestris] swards) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/1027