Northern Iberian Alnus galleries
Description (English)
Riparian alder or ash-alder woods of collinar and montane streams of the northern Iberian peninsula, with a pronounced medio-European influence marked in particular by the presence of Fraxinus excelsior (and not Fraxinus angustifolia). They are characteristic of streams originating in the Pyrenees, the Cantabrian Cordillera, the Northern Galician mountains and the Catalonian ranges. The canopy may include Ulmus glabra, Quercus robur and tall willows; the undergrowth contains Sambucus nigra, Corylus avellana, Cornus sanguinea, Rubus caesius, Carex pendula, Carex remota, Festuca gigantea, Bromus ramosus, Lathraea clandestina, Circaea lutetiana, Hypericum androsaemum, Solanum dulcamara, Valeriana pyrenaica, Lysimachia nemorum, Saxifraga hirsuta, Galanthus nivalis, Athyrium filix-femina, Dryopteris dilatata, Osmunda regalis, Equisetum telmateia.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code T1-214 |
|---|
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Ferns
Athyrium filix-femina
Flowering Plants
Bromus ramosus
Flowering Plants
Carex pendula
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Carex remota
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Circaea lutetiana
Flowering Plants
Cornus sanguinea
Flowering Plants
Corylus avellana
Ferns
Dryopteris dilatata
Ferns
Equisetum telmateia
Flowering Plants
Festuca gigantea
Flowering Plants
Fraxinus angustifolia
Flowering Plants
Fraxinus excelsior
Flowering Plants
Galanthus nivalis
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Hypericum androsaemum
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Lathraea clandestina
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Lysimachia nemorum
Ferns
Osmunda regalis
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Quercus robur
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Rubus caesius
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Sambucus nigra
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Saxifraga hirsuta
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Solanum dulcamara
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Ulmus glabra
Flowering Plants
Valeriana pyrenaica
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Athyrium filix-femina | Ferns | |
| Bromus ramosus | Flowering Plants | |
| Carex pendula | Flowering Plants | |
| Carex remota | Flowering Plants | |
| Circaea lutetiana | Flowering Plants | |
| Cornus sanguinea | Flowering Plants | |
| Corylus avellana | Flowering Plants | |
| Dryopteris dilatata | Ferns | |
| Equisetum telmateia | Ferns | |
| Festuca gigantea | Flowering Plants | |
| Fraxinus angustifolia | Flowering Plants | |
| Fraxinus excelsior | Flowering Plants | |
| Galanthus nivalis | Flowering Plants | |
| Hypericum androsaemum | Flowering Plants | |
| Lathraea clandestina | Flowering Plants | |
| Lysimachia nemorum | Flowering Plants | |
| Osmunda regalis | Ferns | |
| Quercus robur | Flowering Plants | |
| Rubus caesius | Flowering Plants | |
| Sambucus nigra | Flowering Plants | |
| Saxifraga hirsuta | Flowering Plants | |
| Solanum dulcamara | Flowering Plants | |
| Ulmus glabra | Flowering Plants | |
| Valeriana pyrenaica | Flowering Plants |
