Southern wet heaths
Description (English)
Humid and meso-hygrophile heaths of gley-podsols and semi-peaty soils of the northwestern Iberian peninsula, Atlantic France, the Paris Basin and its periphery, extreme southern England, dominated by Erica tetralix or Erica ciliaris, with Erica scoparia, Erica ciliaris, Calluna vulgaris, Ulex minor, Ulex gallii or Genista anglica. They may, in particular, form transition belts between peaty heaths of unit S411 and dry heaths of unit S42.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code S412 |
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Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Calluna vulgaris | Flowering Plants | |
Erica ciliaris | Flowering Plants | |
Erica scoparia | Flowering Plants | |
Erica tetralix | Flowering Plants | |
Genista anglica | Flowering Plants | |
Ulex gallii | Flowering Plants | |
Ulex minor | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | F4.12 | Southern wet heaths | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | F4.12 | Southern wet heaths | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | F4.12 | Southern wet heaths | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | F4.12 | Southern wet heaths | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | F4.12 | Southern wet heaths | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | F4.12 | Southern wet heaths | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | F4.12 | Southern wet heaths | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 31.12 | Southern wet heaths | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 31.12 | Southern wet heaths | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 31.12 | same | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 31.12 | same | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 31.12 | same | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 31.12 | same |