EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > F - Heathland, scrub and tundra > F4 - Temperate shrub heathland > F4.2 - Dry heaths > F4.23 - Atlantic Erica - Ulex heaths > F4.236 - Cantabro-Pyrenean Erica mackaiana-E. cinerea heaths

Cantabro-Pyrenean Erica mackaiana-E. cinerea heaths

English name: Cantabro-Pyrenean Erica mackaiana-E. cinerea heaths

Description (English)

Heaths with Ulex gallii, Erica mackaiana, Erica cinerea, Daboecia cantabrica of well drained soils of the beech level of the Pyrenees and the Cantabrian chain and, very locally, of Galicia.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code F4.236
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (F4.2)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Daboecia cantabrica
Flowering Plants Erica cinerea
Flowering Plants Erica mackaiana
Flowering Plants Ulex gallii
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Daboecia cantabrica Flowering Plants
Erica cinerea Flowering Plants
Erica mackaiana Flowering Plants
Ulex gallii Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 31.236 Cantabro-Pyrenean Erica mackaiana-E. cinerea heaths source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 F4.236 Cantabro-Pyrenean Erica mackaiana-E. cinerea heaths same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 F4.236 Cantabro-Pyrenean Erica mackaiana-E. cinerea heaths same
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