Subarctic volcanic field
This habitat comprises sparsely vegetated volcanic features such as active volcanos, recently formed lava streams, and older lava fields and rocks, as well as volcanic slopes and plains in the subarctic and arctic regions of Europe, mostly on Iceland and parts of Jan Mayen. The rock surfaces and volcanic soils are only slowly colonised, are nutrient-poor and subject to continuing effects of wind erosion and desiccation. Vascular plants and few and cryptogams are generally sparse but accumulating soil and deptressions benefiting from snow-lie may sustain more extensive vegetation
Código Eunis 2021: U61
Especies características
Diagnósticas
Alchemilla alpina, Arabidopsis petraea, Festuca vivipara, Galium normanii, Poa glauca, Salix herbacea, Salix lanata, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Silene uniflora,Dominantes
Salix herbacea,Constantes
Alchemilla alpina, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Avenella flexuosa, Betula pubescens, Bistorta vivipara, Carex bigelowii, Empetrum nigrum, Equisetum pratense, Festuca rubra, Festuca vivipara, Galium normanii, Salix herbacea, Salix lanata, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Silene acaulis, Silene uniflora, Thymus serpyllum,Correspondencia con códigos EUNIS 2012
Tipo de relación | Código EUNIS 2012 |
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# | H6.1 |
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Hábitats de la Directiva Hábitats asociados
Tipo de relación | Hábitat del Anexo I de la Directiva Hábitats |
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