Northern Iberian Alnus galleries
Description (English)
Riparian alder or ash-alder woods of collinar and montane streams of the northern Iberian peninsula, with a pronounced medio-European influence marked in particular by the presence of Fraxinus excelsior (and not Fraxinus angustifolia). They are characteristic of streams originating in the Pyrenees, the Cantabrian Cordillera, the Northern Galician mountains and the Catalonian ranges. The canopy may include Ulmus glabra, Quercus robur and tall willows; the undergrowth contains Sambucus nigra, Corylus avellana, Cornus sanguinea, Rubus caesius, Carex pendula, Carex remota, Festuca gigantea, Bromus ramosus, Lathraea clandestina, Circaea lutetiana, Hypericum androsaemum, Solanum dulcamara, Valeriana pyrenaica, Lysimachia nemorum, Saxifraga hirsuta, Galanthus nivalis, Athyrium filix-femina, Dryopteris dilatata, Osmunda regalis, Equisetum telmateia.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code T1214 |
|---|
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Flowering Plants
Fraxinus excelsior
Flowering Plants
Quercus robur
Flowering Plants
Ulmus glabra
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Fraxinus excelsior | Flowering Plants | |
| Quercus robur | Flowering Plants | |
| Ulmus glabra | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | G1.214 | Northern Iberian Alnus galleries | same |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | G1.214 | Northern Iberian Alnus galleries | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | G1.214 | Northern Iberian Alnus galleries | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | G1.214 | Northern Iberian Alnus galleries | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | G1.214 | Northern Iberian Alnus galleries | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | G1.214 | Northern Iberian Alnus galleries | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | G1.414 | Northern Iberian alder galleries | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 44.34 | Northern Iberian alder galleries | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 44.34 | Northern Iberian alder galleries | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 44.34 | same | ||
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 44.34 | same | ||
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 44.34 | same | ||
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 44.34 | same |
