EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > F - Heathland, scrub and tundra > F5 - Maquis, arborescent matorral and thermo-Mediterranean brushes > F5.1 - Arborescent matorral

Arborescent matorral

English name: Arborescent matorral

Description (English)

Successional and plagioclimax evergreen sclerophyllous or lauriphyllous vegetation of mediterranean or warm-temperate humid affinities with a more or less dense, broken or low arborescent cover and with a usually thick, high evergreen shrub stratum. Arborescent matorral derives mostly from degradation or regrowth of broad-leaved evergreen forests (G2) or is intermediate between them and maquis (F5.2); some derives from thermophilous deciduous (G1.7) or conifer (G3.7) forests.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code F5.1
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

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
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	Arborescent matorral with Juniperus spp	5210	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	Arborescent matorral with Zyziphus	5220	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	Arborescent matorral with Laurus nobilis	5230	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	Dehesas with evergreen Quercus spp	6310	Overlap

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
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	32.1	Arborescent matorral	same
CORINE Land Cover	3.2.3.	Sclerophyllous vegetation	n/a

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

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	F5.1	Arborescent matorral	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	F5.1	Arborescent matorral	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	F5.1	Arborescent matorral	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	F5.1	Arborescent matorral	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	F2.1	Arborescent matorral	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	F2.1	Arborescent matorral	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	32.1	Arborescent matorral	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	32.1	Arborescent matorral	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	32.1		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	32.1		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	32.1		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	32.1		same

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