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Mediterranean gorse-heaths

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English name	Mediterranean gorse-heaths

English name

Mediterranean gorse-heaths

EUNIS habitat type code	F5.57	Level	4
Edition	EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Western Mediterranean formations, for the most part limited to the lower meso-mediterranean and thermo-mediterranean zones of the western Iberian peninsula, with outposts in western Morocco, dominated by gorse ([Ulex] spp., [Stauracanthus] spp.) of thermo-Mediterranean affinities, or by the spiny, globular broom [Genista hirsuta], accompanied by a cortège of plants characteristic of the meso- and thermo-mediterranean cistus maquis (F5.23), thermo-mediterranean scrub (F5.51) or, occasionally, meso-mediterranean garrigues (F6.1). Other thermo-mediterranean gorse formations will be found among the more specialised extreme southern Iberian endemic communities listed under F5.55, F5.58, F5.59, F5.5A-F5.5C.

Source

ILE SAS (2001)

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Relationships with other classifications

Classification	Code	Title	Relation type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	F5.57	Mediterranean gorse-heaths	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	F5.57	Mediterranean gorse-heaths	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	F5.57	Mediterranean gorse-heaths	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	F5.57	Mediterranean gorse-heaths	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	F2.27	Mediterranean gorse-heaths	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	F2.27	Mediterranean gorse-heaths	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	32.27	Mediterranean gorse-heaths	source
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	32.27	Mediterranean gorse-heaths	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	32.27	Mediterranean gorse-heaths	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	32.27		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	32.27		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	32.27		same
CORINE Land Cover	3.2.3.	Sclerophyllous vegetation	n/a
	F	Heathland, scrub and tundra	Ancestor
	F5	Maquis, arborescent matorral and thermo-Mediterranean brushes	Ancestor
	F5.5	Thermo-Mediterranean scrub	Parent

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