Weed communities of recently abandoned extractive industrial sites

English name: Weed communities of recently abandoned extractive industrial sites

Description (English)

Communities of pioneering, introduced or nitrophilous plants colonising waste places, disturbed natural or semi-natural areas, roadsides and other interstitial spaces or disturbed ground within arctic, boreal, nemoral, mediterranean, steppic, desert or tropical regions of the Palaearctic.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code E5.14

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 87.2 Ruderal communities wider
CORINE Land Cover 3.2.1. Natural grassland n/a
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993 J13 Cultivated/disturbed land: ephemeral/short perennial wider
National Vegetation Classification (UK) OV17 Reseda lutea-Polygonum aviculare community overlap
National Vegetation Classification (UK) OV20 Poa annua-Sagina procumbens community overlap
National Vegetation Classification (UK) OV23 Lolium perenne-Dactylis glomerata community overlap
National Vegetation Classification (UK) OV24 Urtica dioica-Galium aparine community overlap
National Vegetation Classification (UK) OV18 Polygonum aviculare-Chamomilla suaveolens community overlap
National Vegetation Classification (UK) OV21 Poa annua-Plantago major community overlap
National Vegetation Classification (UK) OV27 Epilobium angustifolium community overlap
National Vegetation Classification (UK) OV25 Urtica dioica-Cirsium arvense community overlap
National Vegetation Classification (UK) OV22 Poa annua-Taraxacum officinale community overlap
National Vegetation Classification (UK) OV19 Poa annua-Matricaria perforata community overlap
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 7.1 Terrains piétinés et rudéraux wider
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 E5.14 Weed communities of recently abandoned extractive industrial sites same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 E5.64 Weed communities of recently abandoned extractive industrial sites same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 E5.64 Weed communities of recently abandoned extractive industrial sites same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 J3.31 Weed communities of recently abandoned extractive industrial sites same
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