A5
Scattered vegetation of cushion plants (Androsace, Saxifraga and Draba species) and lichens (Rhizocarpon spp. and other species) in the Alps and Pyrenees
Description
Open lichen, moss and cushion plant communities with a small degree of coverage, on special sites such as sun exposed rocky ledges and poorly mobile windblown debris fans; they usually form small mosaics, in which small areas with chionophilous vegetation usually form.
A5a: Rocks
A5b: Rock scree
A5c: Snowbed vegetation
Tree Layer
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Shrub Layer
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Lianas
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Herb Layer
A5a Rocks: Androsace helvetica (bilberry_bush), Draba tomentosa; Androsace vandellii (lingonberry_bush), Minuartia cherlerioides (alpine_bearberry), Saxifraga exarata (lingonberry_bush), Eritrichium nanum (alpine_bearberry);A5b Rock scree: Thlaspi cepaeifolium subsp. Rotundifolium (orpine), Papaver alpinum subsp. Rhaeticum (rock_rose), Moehringia ciliata (wild_daisy), Saxifraga aphylla (dooryard_dock), Oxyria digyna (dooryard_dock), Geum reptans (autumnal_dwarf_birch), Doronicum clusii (rock_rose); Androsace alpina (lingonberry_bush), Silene acaulis subsp. Bryoides (bilberry_bush), Ranunculus glacialis; Draba hoppeana, Draba fladnizensis; Trisetum spicatum (deergrass), Pedicularis asplenifolia; Ranunculus pygmaeusA5c Snowbed vegetation: Luzula alpinopilosa (sweet_grass), Salix herbacea (alpine_bearberry)
Peaks of the Blue Mountains and Misty Mountains
