Western Mediterranean mountain hedgehog-heath
Description (English)
Heath of often spiny hedgehog sub-shrubs on base-rich and acidic soils in the upper supra- and oromediterranean belts of the Iberian Peninsula, historically sustaining transhumance pastoralism but often extending down from crests and steep slopes due to grazing and burning.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code S73 |
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Relation to | Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableIndicator species
Diagnostic species occur concentrated in the habitat in question, but are absent or rare in other habitats. They are good positive indicators of the habitat, but they do not need to occur in every location of the habitat.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Echinospartum horridum | Flowering Plants | |
Erinacea anthyllis | Flowering Plants | |
Echinospartum lusitanicum | Flowering Plants | |
Helianthemum apenninum | Flowering Plants | |
Koeleria vallesiana | Flowering Plants | |
Thymus vulgaris | Flowering Plants | |
Crepis albida | Flowering Plants | |
Brassica repanda | Flowering Plants | |
Centaurea resupinata | Flowering Plants | |
Paronychia kapela | Flowering Plants | |
Bupleurum fruticescens | Flowering Plants | |
Saponaria caespitosa | Flowering Plants | |
Carex humilis | Flowering Plants | |
Linum narbonense | Flowering Plants | |
Teucrium pyrenaicum | Flowering Plants | |
Marrubium supinum | Flowering Plants | |
Carthamus carduncellus | Flowering Plants | |
Potentilla pusilla | Flowering Plants | |
Helianthemum origanifolium | Flowering Plants |
Constant species occur frequently in the habitat, but they may include generalist species that are also frequent in other habitats.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Thymus vulgaris | Flowering Plants | |
Koeleria vallesiana | Flowering Plants | |
Erinacea anthyllis | Flowering Plants | |
Carex humilis | Flowering Plants | |
Echinospartum horridum | Flowering Plants | |
Helianthemum apenninum | Flowering Plants | |
Buxus sempervirens | Flowering Plants | |
Teucrium chamaedrys | Flowering Plants | |
Bromopsis erecta | Flowering Plants | |
Pinus sylvestris | Conifers | |
Genista scorpius | Flowering Plants | |
Teucrium polium | Flowering Plants | |
Anthyllis vulneraria | Flowering Plants | |
Lavandula latifolia | Flowering Plants | |
Juniperus communis subsp. nana | Conifers | |
Anthyllis montana | Flowering Plants | |
Potentilla pusilla | Flowering Plants | |
Paronychia kapela | Flowering Plants | |
Fumana procumbens | Flowering Plants |
Dominant species are those that often reach high cover in the habitat, thus determining the habitat physiognomy.
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Echinospartum horridum | Flowering Plants | |
Erinacea anthyllis | Flowering Plants | |
Echinospartum lusitanicum | Flowering Plants | |
Carex humilis | Flowering Plants | |
Bupleurum fruticescens | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | F7.4 | Hedgehog-heaths | narrower |
European Red List of Habitats | F7.4a | Western Mediterranean mountain hedgehog-heath | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | F7.4 | Hedgehog-heaths | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | F7.4 | Hedgehog-heaths | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | F7.4 | Hedgehog-heaths | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | F7.4 | Hedgehog-heaths | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | F6.4 | Hedgehog-heaths | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | F5.4 | Hedgehog-heaths | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 31.7 | Hedgehog-heaths | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 31.7 | Hedgehog-heaths | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 31.7 | same | ||
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 31.7 | same | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 31.7 | same | ||
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 31.7 | same |