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Peri-Alpine hazel thickets
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| English name | Peri-Alpine hazel thickets |
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| EUNIS habitat type code | F3.173 | Level | 5 |
| Edition | EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions. | ||
Description ( English )
Thickets of the Jura, the pre-Alps, the southern German Hercynian ranges and the inner Alps, dominated by [Corylus avellana], with [Clematis vitalba] and [Cornus sanguinea], of particular bio-historical significance as a possible model of the hazel-dominated communities of the Boreal era.
Source
Devillers, P., Devillers-Terschuren, J. and Vander Linden, C. [edited ETC/BD] (2001)
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Relationships with other classifications
| Classification | Code | Title | Relation type |
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| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | F3.173 | Peri-Alpine hazel thickets | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | F3.173 | Peri-Alpine hazel thickets | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 31.8C3 | Peri-Alpine hazel thickets | source |
| F | Heathland, scrub and tundra |
Ancestor
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| F3 | Temperate and mediterranean-montane scrub |
Ancestor
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| F3.1 | Temperate thickets and scrub | Ancestor | |
| F3.17 | [Corylus] thickets | Parent |
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