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Concept: Boulder fields in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/H5.37
Preferred label Boulder fields
Definition Accumulations of boulders, stones and rock fragments which are bare or colonised by lichens or mosses, or by sparse herb- or shrub-dominated communities. Included are block slopes, block streams and block fields constructed by periglacial depositional processes of downslope mass movement, and ancient beach deposits constituted by former coastal constructional processes. Weathered rock outcrops are classified as H3.6.
Notation H5.37
Status Valid
Status Modified 2014-01-31
Accepted Date 2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Has broader
Has exact match