Etna summital communities
Description (English)
Summital zone of Mount Etna, above the level of hedgehog heaths, between 2500 metres and the summit, where a very dispersed pioneer community is formed by endemics, notably Rumex aetnensis, Senecio aetnensis, Anthemis aetnensis, Hypochoeris robertia.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code U629 |
|---|
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Flowering Plants
Anthemis aetnensis
Flowering Plants
Rumex aetnensis
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Anthemis aetnensis | Flowering Plants | |
| Rumex aetnensis | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | H6.22 | Etna summital communities | same |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | H6.22 | Etna summital communities | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | H6.22 | Etna summital communities | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | H6.22 | Etna summital communities | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | H6.12 | Etna summital communities | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | H6.12 | Etna summital communities | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | H6.12 | Etna summital communities | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 66.2 | Etna summital communities | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 66.2 | Etna summital communities | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 66.2 | same | ||
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 66.2 | same | ||
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 66.2 | same |
