Wet heaths
Description (English)
Wet or humid ericoid-shrub dominated heaths of the Atlantic and sub-Atlantic zones, developed on peaty or semipeaty soils, waterlogged for at least part of the year, sometimes temporarily inundated, and usually moist even in summer.
Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code F4.1 |
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Bern Convention | Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites) |
Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Name | Definition | Other names | Reference |
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Ericion umbellatae Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et al. 1952 | Thermo-supramediterranean subhumid north-central and eastern Iberian and Provencasl low silicicolous heath | Cisto salviifoliae-Ericion cineraeae Géhu in Bardat et al. 2004; Ericion australis Bellot et Casaseca in Bellot 1968; Cistion hirsuti Br.-Bl. et al. 1965; Ericion aragonensis Rivas-Mart. 1962; Genisto-Ericion aragonensis Rivas-Mart. 1962; Halimio-Ulicion Rothmaler 1954; Pterospartion Rothmaler 1943 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Ulicion minoris Malcuit 1929 | Gorse heath of atlantic region of Western Europe | Dactylido maritimae-Ulicion maritimi Géhu 1975; Ulici-Ericion ciliaris Géhu 1973; Ulicion Luquet 1926; Ulicion gallii Géhu 1963; Ulicion maritimi Géhu et Franck 1985; Ulicion nanae euatlanticum Duvigneaud 1944; Ulicion nanae-gallii Bridgewater 1971; Dactylido oceanicae-Ulicion maritimi Géhu 1975 nom. mut. propos. | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Stauracanthion boivinii (Rivas-Mart. 1979) Rivas-Mart., Fernández-González et Loidi 1999 | Southern Iberian and northern Moroccan termo-mesomediterranean subhumid to perhumid silicicolous brezal | Nepion boivinii (Rivas-Mart. 1979) Rivas-Mart., Fernández-González et Loidi 1999 nom. mut. propos. | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Daboecion cantabricae (Dupont ex Rivas-Mart. 1979) Rivas-Mart. et al. in Loidi et al.1997 | Hiberno-Cantabrian and French Biscayan humid-superhumid ericoid heath over acid ferric-humic podsols | Daboecion cantabricae Dupont 1975; Daboecion cantabricae (Dupont ex Rivas-Mart. 1979) Rivas-Mart., Fernández-González et Loidi 1999 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Oxycocco-Ericion tetralicis Nordhagen ex Tx. 1937 | Oligotrophic vegetation on bogs and acidic fens in oceanic and suboceanic regions of Europe | Carici-Sphagnion papillosi Malmer 1964; Erico-Sphagnion papillosi Moore 1968; Oxycocco-Ericion tetralicis Nordhagen 1936; Sphagnion europaei Schwickerath 1940; Calluno-Sphagnion papillosi (Schwickerath 1933) Tx. in Tx. et al. 1972 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Ericion tetralicis Schwickerath 1933 | Moist peaty heathlands on gley and podsolic soils within oceanic areas in Western and Central Europe | Calluno-Sphagnion papillosi Tx. in Tx. et al. 1972; Droserion longifoliae Julve 1992; Narthecion ossifragi Vanden Berghen 1958; Scirpion caespitosi Oberd. 1957; Ulici-Ericion tetralicis (Schwickerath 1933) Tx. 1937; Erico mackaianae-Sphagnion papillosi (Fernández Prieto et al. 1987) Rivas-Mart. et al.1999; Trichophoro-Ericion tetralicis (Schwickerath 1933) Duvigneaud 1947 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Genistion micrantho-anglicae Rivas-Mart. 1979 | Mediterranean iberoatlantic and orocantabroatlantic hygrophilous silicicolius heath on clayey humus-rich soils | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Species mentioned in habitat description
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 31.1 | European wet heaths | same |
CORINE Land Cover | 3.2.2. | Moors and heathland | n/a |
Ramsar Wetland Types | W | Shrub-dominated wetlands | wider |
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993 | E | Mire | not defined |
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993 | D2 | Wet dwarf shrub heath | narrower |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | F4.1 | Wet heaths | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | F4.1 | Wet heaths | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | F4.1 | Wet heaths | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | F4.1 | Wet heaths | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | F4.1 | Wet heaths | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | F4.1 | Wet heaths | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 31.1 | European wet heaths | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 31.1 | European wet heaths | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 31.1 | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 31.1 | same | |
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 31.1 | same | |
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 31.1 | same |