Temperate thickets and scrub
Description (English)
Successional and plagioclimax scrub, mostly deciduous, of Atlantic, sub-Atlantic or subcontinental affinities, characteristic of the nemoral zone, but also colonizing cool, moist or disturbed stations of the mediterranean evergreen forest zone. Included are thickets of Buxus sempervirens, Corylus avellana, Cytisus scoparius, Juniperus communis, Prunus spinosa, Rubus fruticosus and Ulex europaeus.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code F3.1 |
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Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
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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Sarothamnion scoparii Oberd. 1957 | Acidophilous broom and gorse mantle of woodland edges and clearings of (sub)atlantic regions of western Europe | Sarothamnion scoparii Tx. 1945; Sarothamnion scoparii Tx. in Preising 1949; Ulici-Sarothamnion Doing 1962; Ulici-Sarothamnion Doing 1969; Ulici-Sarothamnion Doing ex Weber 1997 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Lonicero-Rubion silvatici Tx. et Neumann ex Wittig 1977 | Acidophilous scrub, hedges and scrub of forest clearings on dry sandy nutrient-poor minerotrophic soils of northwestern Europe | Molinio-Frangulion Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Agrostio-Frangulion Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968; Agrostio-Frangulion Passarge 1968; Molinio-Frangulion Passarge 1968; Rubion plicati Weber 1977; Lonicero-Rubion silvatici Tx. et Neumann in Tx. 1950 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Tamo communis-Viburnion lantanae (Géhu et al. 1983) Mucina in Mucina et al. 2013 | Cantabroatlantic mesophilous mantle scrub on calcareous to neutrophilous soils | Tamo communis-Viburnion lantanae (Géhu et al. 1983) Géhu in Bardat et al. 2004; Rosion micranthae Arlot 1985 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Aegopodio podagrariae-Sambucion nigrae Chytrý in Mucina et al. 2013 | Successional elder scrub in ruderal habitats of Western and Central Europe | Arctio-Sambucion nigrae Doing 1962; Arctio-Sambucion nigrae Doing 1969; Humulo lupuli-Sambucion nigrae de Foucault et Julve in Julve1993; Balloto-Sambucion nigrae (Jurko 1963) Passarge 1978 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Berberidion vulgaris Br.-Bl. ex Tx. 1952 nom. conserv. | Soutern temperate and submediterranean thermophilous scrub of southern and Central Europe | Rhamno alpini-Berberidion vulgaris Rivas-Mart. In Rivas-Mart. et al. 2011; Amelanchierion ovalis Arlot 1985; Astrantio-Corylion Passarge 1978; Berberidion Br.-Bl. 1950; Corylion avellanae P. Fukarek et Fabijanic 1968; Crataego-Corylion P. Fukarek 1969; Crataego-Prunion T. Müller 1974; Crataego-Prunion T. Müller ex Korneck 1974; Ligustro-Crataegion Passarge 1978; Ligustro-Prunion spinosae Arlot 1985; Prunion spinosae P. Fukarek et Fabijanic 1968; Prunion spinosae Soó 1931; Clematido vitalbae-Acerion campestris Felzines in Royer et al. 2006 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Holoschoeno australis-Salicion arenariae Neto et al. 2004 | Willow dune scrub on dunes of southwestern Iberian Peninsula | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Sambuco racemosae-Salicion capreae Tx. et Neumann ex Oberd. 1957 | Seral elder and willow scrub of nutrient-rich mull soils of forest clearings of Central Europe | Avenello-Betulion pendulae Passarge 1978; Sambuco nigrae-Salicion capreae Tx. et Neumann in Tx. 1950; Sambuco racemosae-Salicion capreae Tx. et Neumann in Tx. 1950 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Brachypodio pinnati-Juniperion communis Mucina in Mucina et al. 2013 | Low-altitude thermophilous juniper scrub on calcarous substrates | Carici-Juniperion communis Passarge 1978 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Ligustro-Hippophaeion Géhu et Géhu-Franck 1983 | Elder, privet and sea buckthorn tall scrub on dunes in Atlantic region of Western Europe | Oenothero-Hippophaeion maritimi Doing 1962 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Chelidonio-Acerion negundi L. Ishbirdin et A. Ishbirdin 1989 | Eastern European sub-spontaneous groves and scrub of Acer negundo | Ulmo laevis-Acerion negundi Smetana et al. 1998; Ulmo carpinifoliae-Acerion negundi Smetana et al. 1997 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Cytision oromediterraneo-scoparii Rivas-Mart. et al. 2002 | Auverno-Pyreneean suboceanic temperate humid to hyperhumid silicicolous broomy heath and forest mantle | Cytision oromediterraneo-scoparii Rivas-Mart. et al. 2001 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Pruno spinosae-Rubion radulae Weber 1974 | Bramble scrub on neutral and base-rich soils in Western and Central Europe | Artemisio-Rubion lobatidentis Passarge 1982; Euonymo-Crategion (Tx. 1952) Passarge 1968; Lysimachio-Rubion nessensis Passarge 1982; Pruno-Rubion fruticosi Tx. 1952 corr. Doing 1962; Pruno-Rubion macrophylli Weber in Dierschke 1981; Pruno-Rubion sprengelii Weber 1974; Pruno-Rubion subatlanticum (Tx. 1952) Doing 1962; Rubion subatlanticum Tx. 1952 p.p.; Rubo-Prunion spinosae (Tx. 1952) T. Müller ex Oberd. et al. 1967; Mespilo germanicae-Ilicion aquifolii de Foucault et Julve in Julve 1993 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Frangulo-Rubion Rivas Goday 1964 | Acidophilous scrub of forest clearings and hedges on dry sandy, nutrient-poor soils of (sub)atlantic regions of southwestern Europe | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Salicion arenariae Tx. ex Passarge in Scamoni 1963 | Willow and sea buckthorn low scrub communities on dunes in Atlantic region of Western Europe | Salicion arenariae Tx. 1952 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Frangulo alni-Pyrion cordatae Herrera et al. 1991 | Cantabroatlantic mesophilous thorny hedges and mantle scrub on nutrient-poor acidic soils | Ulici europaei-Rubion ulmifolii Weber 1997; Pyro cordatae-Ulicion europaei de Foucault et Julve in Julve 1993 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Lamio purpureae-Acerion tatarici Fitsailo 2007 | Mesophilous scrub of granite gorges on shallow chernozems soils of forest-steppe zone and southern part of western Ukraine and Moldova | Acerion tatarici Fitsailo (2007) 2008 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Vaccinio-Juniperion communis Passarge in Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968 | Low-altitude acidophilous juniper scrub | Juniperion communis Fukarek 1969; Vaccinio-Juniperion communis Passarge 1968 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Carpino-Prunion spinosae Weber 1974 | Mesophilous hedges and scrub of mesotrophic base-rich soils in northern temperate zone of Europe | Rubion subatlanticum Tx. 1952 p.p.; Urtico-Crataegion Passarge et G. Hofmann 1968 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Erico scopariae-Cytision scoparii Mucina in Mucina et al. 2013 | Northern Apenninian broom heath vegetation | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Astrantio-Corylion avellanae Passarge 1978 | Hazel scrub on nutrient-rich soils in submontane and montane belts of western and Central Europe | Corylo avellanae-Populion tremulae (Br.-Bl. ex Theurillat in Theurillat et al. 1995) Géhu in Bardat et al. 2004 nom. ambig. prpopos.; Corylo avellanae-Populion tremulae Br.-Bl. 1961; Senecioni ovati-Corylion avellanae Weber 1997; Populo tremulae-Corylion avellanae Br.-Bl. 1961 nom. conserv. propos. et nom. invers. propos; Corylo avellanae-Populion tremulae (Br.-Bl. ex O. de Bolòs 1973) Rivas-Mart. et Costa 1998 nom. ambig. propos.; Corylo avellanae-Populion tremulae Br.-Bl. ex Jurko 1964 nom. ambig. propos.; Lonicero nigrae-Corylion avellanae de Foucault et Julve in Julve 1993 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Prunion fruticosae Tx. 1952 | Subcontinental and continental scrub of forest-steppe and steppe zones of Central and Eastern Europe | Prunion spinosae-fruticosae Zólyomi et Jakucs 1957; Amygdalion nanae Golub in Iljina et al. 1991; Spiraeion mediae Borhidi et Varga 1998; Spiraeion mediae Borhidi et Varga 1999; Spiraeion mediae Borhidi et Varga ex Borhidi 2003; Spiraeion chamaedryfoliae Sanda et Popescu in Sanda et al. 1999 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Species mentioned in habitat description
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Juniperus communis | Conifers | |
Buxus sempervirens | Flowering Plants | |
Corylus avellana | Flowering Plants | |
Cytisus scoparius | Flowering Plants | |
Prunus spinosa | Flowering Plants | |
Rubus fruticosus | Flowering Plants | |
Ulex europaeus | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 31.8 | Western Palaearctic temperate thickets | wider |
CORINE Land Cover | 3.2.2. | Moors and heathland | n/a |
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993 | A21 | Scrub: dense/continuous | overlap |
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993 | A22 | Scrub: scattered | overlap |
Biodiversity Broad Habitat Classification (UK) | 1 | Broadleaved, mixed and yew woodland | wider |
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 | 5.3.4 | Roncier à Rubus fructicosus s.l. | narrower |
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 | 5.3.1 | Buissons thermophiles sur sol acide | narrower |
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 | 5.4.1 | Lande subatlantique acidophile | narrower |
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 | 5.3.3 | Buissons mésophiles | narrower |
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 | 5.3.2 | Buissons xérothermophiles sur sol neutre à alcalin | narrower |
Biotopes of the Czech Republic 2001 | S1.5 | KŘOVINY SKAL A DROLIN S RYBÍZEM ALPÍNSKÝM (RIBES ALPINUM) (Ribes alpinum scrub on cliffs and boulder screes) | not defined |
Biotopes of Slovakia 1996 | 2141000 | Krovinný plášt | n/a |
Biotopes of Slovakia 1996 | 2141100 | Krovinné plaste lužných lesov | n/a |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | F3.1 | Temperate thickets and scrub | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | F3.1 | Temperate thickets and scrub | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | F3.1 | Temperate thickets and scrub | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | F3.1 | Temperate thickets and scrub | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | F1.3 | Temperate thickets and scrub | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | F1.3 | Thorn-thickets, hedgerows and lowland scrub | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 31.8 | Western Eurasian thickets | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 31.8 | Western Eurasian thickets | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 31.8 | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 31.8 | same | |
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 31.8 | same | |
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 31.8 | same |