B42
North European alpine dwarf shrub vegetation (Empetrum hermaphroditum, Loiseleuria procumbens, Diapensia lapponica, Vaccinium myrtillus, Phyllodoce caerulea; on calcareous soils with Dryas octopetala, in snow patches with Cassiope hypnoides), partly in combination with shrub vegetation (Betula nana, Salix lapponum, Salix lanata, Salix glauca, Salix phylicifolia), alpine grass heaths and minerotrophic mires
Description
Complex consisting of dwarf shrubs with Empetrum hermaphroditum, in more wind protected locations with Betula nana, on wind exposed hilltops with Loiseleuria procumbens and Diapensia lapponica. At higher locations grasslands (Nardo-Caricion bigelowii) dominate. In moist hollows, willows with tall-forbs appear.
Tree Layer
No details
Shrub Layer
Salix lapponum (White Willow Bush), Salix lanata (White Willow Bush), Salix glauca (White Willow Bush), Salix phylicifolia (Black Poplar Bush), Betula nana (autumnal_dwarf_birch), Juniperus communis (Juniper)
Lianas
No details
Herb Layer
Empetrum hermaphroditum (bilberry_bush), Vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry_bush), Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry_bush), Vaccinium uliginosum (bog_blueberry_bush), Phyllodoce caerulea (blackberry_bush), Loiseleuria procumbens (bilberry_bush), Arctostaphylos alpinus (alpine_bearberry), Carex bigelowii (sweet_grass), Pedicularis lapponica, Festuca ovina (bottle_sedge), Solidago lapponica (goldenrod), Hieracium alpinum (dandelion), Bartsia alpina
Northern slopes of the Misty Mountains
