EUNIS habitat classification 2017 > U - Inland habitats with no or little soil and mostly with sparse vegetation > U6 - Recent volcanic features

Recent volcanic features

Description (English)

Hard rock surfaces, rock jumbles, loose material deposits, soils, water bodies resulting from recent or present volcanic activity, unvegetated, occupied by lichens or mosses, or colonized by specialised, relatively sparse herb or shrub-dominated communities

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code U6
Relation to	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)

Legal status

Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments

Legal text	Annex	Name in legal text	Code in legal text	Habitat type relationship	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2010)	Recent volcanic features	H6	Same	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention lists endangered natural habitats requiring specific conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming the Emerald network]

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012)	H6	Recent volcanic features	same

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	H6	Recent volcanic features	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	H6	Recent volcanic features	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	H6	Recent volcanic features	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	H6	Recent volcanic features	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	H6	Volcanic features	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	H6	Volcanic features	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	66	Volcanic features	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	66	Volcanic features	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	66		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	66		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	66		same

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