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Dry heaths

English name: Dry heaths

Description (English)

Heaths on siliceous, podsolic, rarely- or never-waterlogged soils in moist Atlantic and sub-Atlantic climates of the plains and low mountains of Western and Central Europe.

Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code F4.2
Bern Convention	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2014)	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]

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
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Dry sand heaths with Calluna and Genista	2310	Wider	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Dry sand heaths with Calluna and Empetrum nigrum	2320	Wider
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	European dry heaths	4030	Wider
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007	Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation	Dry Atlantic coastal heaths with Erica vagans	4040	Wider

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Name	Definition	Alternatives	Reftext
Genisto-Vaccinion Br.-Bl. 1926	Montane to subalpine heath of atlantic and subcontinental regions of Europe	Genisto-Vaccinion Br.-Bl. ex Schaminée 1993	Schaminee et al, 2012
Daboecion cantabricae (Dupont ex Rivas-Mart. 1979) Rivas-Mart. et al. in Loidi et al.1997	Hiberno-Cantabrian and French Biscayan humid-superhumid ericoid heath over acid ferric-humic podsols	Daboecion cantabricae Dupont 1975; Daboecion cantabricae (Dupont ex Rivas-Mart. 1979) Rivas-Mart., Fernández-González et Loidi 1999	Schaminee et al, 2012
Empetrion nigri Schubert ex Westhoff et Den Held 1969	Heath of coastal atlantic regions of Western and Europe and southern Sweden	Empetrion boreale Bøcher 1943; Empetrion nigri Schubert 1960	Schaminee et al, 2012
Genistion pilosae Bøcher 1943	Low-altitude heath of atlantic to subcontinental regions of Europe	Vaccinion myrtilli Böcher ex Bridgewater et Shimwell 1973; Genistion pilosae Duvigneaud 1942 (sensu Schubert 2001); Callunion Borza 1963; Callunion Borza et Boscaui 1965; Callunion balticum Bøcher 1943; Euphorbio-Callunion Schubert 1960; Euphorbio-Callunion Schubert ex Passarge 1964; Genistio-Callunion Bøcher 1943; Genistion tinctorio-germanicae de Foucault 1990; Genistion tinctorio-germanicae de Foucault 2009; Genisto-Callunion Bøcher 1943; Genisto-Vaccinion vitis-ideae Br.-Bl. 1926; Myrtillion boreale Bøcher 1943; Pohlio-Callunion Shimwell 1973; Senecioni-Rumicion acetosellae Passarge 1981; Vaccinio-Callunion Moore in Mhic Daeid 1976; Vaccinio-Genistion pilosae Duvigneaud 1943; Vaccinion vitis-idaeae Bøcher 1943; Calluno-Genistion pilosae subatlanticum Duvigneaud 1944; Calluno-Arctostaphylion uvae-ursi Tx. et Preising 1949; Calluno-Genistion Duvigneaud 1944 (sensu Schubert 2001)	Schaminee et al, 2012
Ulicion minoris Malcuit 1929	Gorse heath of atlantic region of Western Europe	Dactylido maritimae-Ulicion maritimi Géhu 1975; Ulici-Ericion ciliaris Géhu 1973; Ulicion Luquet 1926; Ulicion gallii Géhu 1963; Ulicion maritimi Géhu et Franck 1985; Ulicion nanae euatlanticum Duvigneaud 1944; Ulicion nanae-gallii Bridgewater 1971; Dactylido oceanicae-Ulicion maritimi Géhu 1975 nom. mut. propos.	Schaminee et al, 2012
Ericion arboreae (Rivas-Mart. ex Rivas-Mart. et al. 1986) Rivas-Mart. 1987	Mediterranean thermo-mesomediterranean neutro- to acidophilous mesophilous macchia		Schaminee et al, 2012
Ericion cinereae Böcher 1940	Bell-heather heaths of subatlantic to atlantic regions of Western Europe	Ulici-Ericion cinereae Géhu 1973	Schaminee et al, 2012
Ericion umbellatae Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et al. 1952	Thermo-supramediterranean subhumid north-central and eastern Iberian and Provencasl low silicicolous heath	Cisto salviifoliae-Ericion cineraeae Géhu in Bardat et al. 2004; Ericion australis Bellot et Casaseca in Bellot 1968; Cistion hirsuti Br.-Bl. et al. 1965; Ericion aragonensis Rivas-Mart. 1962; Genisto-Ericion aragonensis Rivas-Mart. 1962; Halimio-Ulicion Rothmaler 1954; Pterospartion Rothmaler 1943	Schaminee et al, 2012

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	31.2	European dry heaths	same
CORINE Land Cover	3.2.2.	Moors and heathland	n/a
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993	D11	Dry dwarf shrub heath: acid	overlap
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993	D1	Dry dwarf shrub heath	overlap
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993	D12	Dry dwarf shrub heath: basic	overlap
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993	E18	Bog: dry modified	overlap
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998	5.4.1	Lande subatlantique acidophile	same
Biotopes of the Czech Republic 2001	T8.1	SUCHÁ VŘESOVIŠTĚ NÍŽIN A PAHORKATIN (Dry lowland and colline heaths)	narrower

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	F4.2	Dry heaths	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	F4.2	Dry heaths	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	F4.2	Dry heaths	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	F4.2	Dry heaths	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	F4.2	Dry heaths	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	F4.2	Dry heaths	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	31.2	European dry heaths	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	31.2	European dry heaths	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	31.2		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	31.2		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	31.2		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	31.2		same

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