Concept: Calcareous alpine and subalpine grassland in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/E4.4
Preferred label	Calcareous alpine and subalpine grassland
Definition	Alpine and subalpine grasslands of base-rich soils of the high mountains of the nemoral, submediterranean and supramediterranean zones. Characteristic species of the Alps include [Dryas octopetala], [Gentiana nivalis], [Gentiana campestris], [Alchemilla hoppeana], [Alchemilla conjuncta], [Alchemilla flabellata], [Anthyllis vulneraria], [Astragalus alpinus], [Aster alpinus], [Draba aizoides], [Globularia nudicaulis], [Helianthemum nummularium ssp. grandiflorum], [Helianthemum oelandicum ssp. alpestre], [Pulsatilla alpina ssp. alpina], [Phyteuma orbiculare], [Astrantia major] and [Polygala alpestris].
Notation	E4.4
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2014-01-31
Accepted Date	2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Has broader	E4 (Alpine and subalpine grasslands) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has narrower	E4.41 (Closed calciphile alpine grassland) in biodiversity/eunishabitats E4.42 (Wind edge [Kobresia myosuroides] swards) in biodiversity/eunishabitats E4.43 (Calciphilous stepped and garland grassland) in biodiversity/eunishabitats E4.44 (Ponto-Caucasian alpine grassland) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/150