Inactive recent volcanic features
Description (English)
Features of active volcanoes where emissions of hot or cold gases are absent. Includes barren lava flows, fields of volcanic ash and summits of dormant volcanoes.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code H6.2 |
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Bern Convention | Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (H6) |
Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Legal text | Annex | Name in legal text | Code in legal text |
Habitat type relationship |
More information |
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Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 | Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation | Fields of lava and natural excavations | 8320 | Narrower | http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm |
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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CORINE Land Cover | 3.3.3. | Sparsely vegetated areas | not defined |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | H6.2 | Inactive recent volcanic features | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | H6.2 | Inactive recent volcanic features | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | H6.2 | Inactive recent volcanic features | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | H6.2 | Unvegetated lava and ash fields | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | H6.2 | Unvegetated lava and ash fields | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | H6.2 | Unvegetated lava and ash fields | same |