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Submontane [Vaccinium] - [Calluna] heaths

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English name Submontane [Vaccinium] - heather heaths Open code browser    Diagram icon

EUNIS habitat type code   F4.21 Level   4
Edition   EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Submontane, or sometimes lowland or coastal, heaths rich in [Vaccinium] spp., usually with [Calluna vulgaris], [Nardus stricta], [Luzula campestris] and [Genista] spp., of the northern and western British Isles, of the North Atlantic islands, of Fennoscandia, of the Hercynian ranges and the lower levels of the Alps, the Carpathians, the Pyrenees and the Cordillera Cantabrica. Secondary stands originating after deforestation of pine and oak acidophilous forests also belong to this unit.

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ILE SAS [edited ETC/BD] (2001)

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Classification Code Title Relation type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 F4.21 Submontane [Vaccinium] - [Calluna] heaths same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 F4.21 Sub-montane [Vaccinium] - [Calluna] heaths same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 F4.21 Sub-montane [Vaccinium] - [Calluna] heaths same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 F4.21 Sub-montane [Vaccinium] - [Calluna] heaths same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 F4.21 Sub-montane [Vaccinium]-[Calluna] heaths same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 F4.21 Sub-montane [Vaccinium]-[Calluna] heaths same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 31.21 Sub-montane [Vaccinium]-[Calluna] heaths source
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 31.21 Sub-montane [Vaccinium]-[Calluna] heaths same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 31.21 Sub-montane [Vaccinium]-[Calluna] heaths same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 31.21   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 31.21   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 31.21   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 31.21   same
CORINE Land Cover 3.2.2. Moors and heathland n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 5.1.1.6a Bilberry-Cowberry variant n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 5.1.1.6 Bilberry-Heather heath type n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 5.1.1.5a Dry heather heath-Bearberry variant n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 5.1.1.3a Dwarf shrub-Purple Moorgrass variant n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 5.1.1.5 Heather Heath type n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 5.1.1.3 Heather-Crowberry-Cowberry heath type n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 5.1.1.5d Heather-Hard fern variant n/a
Nordic Vegetation Classification 1994 5.1.1.1 Rhacomitrium lanuginosum - Mountain Crowberry type n/a
National Vegetation Classification (UK) H16 [Calluna vulgaris]-[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi] heath narrower
National Vegetation Classification (UK) H12 [Calluna vulgaris]-[Vaccinium myrtillus] heath overlap
National Vegetation Classification (UK) H21 [Calluna vulgaris]-[Vaccinium myrtillus]-[Sphagnum capillifolium] heath overlap
National Vegetation Classification (UK) H19 [Vaccinium myrtillus]-[Cladonia arbuscula] heath overlap
National Vegetation Classification (UK) H18 [Vaccinium myrtillus]-[Deschampsia flexuosa] heath overlap
National Vegetation Classification (UK) H20 [Vaccinium myrtillus]-[Racomitrium lanuginosum] heath overlap
National Vegetation Classification (UK) H22 [Vaccinium myrtillus]-[Rubus chamaemorus] heath overlap
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 5.4.1 Lande subatlantique acidophile wider
Biotopes of the Czech Republic 2001 T8.2 SEKUNDÁRNÍ PODHORSKÁ A HORSKÁ VŘESOVIŠTĚ (Secondary submontane and montane heaths) narrower
  F Heathland, scrub and tundra Go to key navigator, starting with this habitat    Ancestor
  F4 Temperate shrub heathland Go to key navigator, starting with this habitat    Ancestor
  F4.2 Dry heaths    Parent
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