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Temperate thickets and scrub

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English name Temperate thickets and scrub Open code browser    Diagram icon

EUNIS habitat type code   F3.1 Level   3
Edition   EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

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

Hill, M.O., Moss, D. & Davies, C.E. [edited ETC/BD] (2001)

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Relationships with other classifications

Classification Code Title Relation type
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 200112 31.8 Western Palaearctic temperate thickets wider
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
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 5.3.3 Buissons mésophiles narrower
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 5.3.1 Buissons thermophiles sur sol acide narrower
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 5.3.2 Buissons xérothermophiles sur sol neutre à alcalin narrower
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 5.4.1 Lande subatlantique acidophile narrower
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 5.3.4 Roncier à Rubus fructicosus s.l. 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 2141100 Krovinné plaste lužných lesov n/a
Biotopes of Slovakia 1996 2141000 Krovinný plášt n/a
  F Heathland, scrub and tundra Go to key navigator, starting with this habitat    Ancestor
  F3 Temperate and mediterranean-montane scrub Go to key navigator, starting with this habitat    Parent
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