Luso-Galician collinar heaths

English name: Luso-Galician collinar heaths

Description (English)

Coastal and collinar, thermo-Atlantic Galician and northern Portuguese heaths with Erica cinerea, Erica umbellata, Ulex minor, Ulex europaeus, Ulex micranthus, Cistus salvifolius and Halimium alyssoides.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code F4.2421
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 Cistus salvifolius
Flowering Plants Erica cinerea
Flowering Plants Erica umbellata
Flowering Plants Ulex europaeus
Flowering Plants Ulex micranthus
Flowering Plants Ulex minor
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Cistus salvifolius Flowering Plants
Erica cinerea Flowering Plants
Erica umbellata Flowering Plants
Ulex europaeus Flowering Plants
Ulex micranthus Flowering Plants
Ulex minor Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 31.2421 Luso-Galician collinar heaths source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 F4.2421 Luso-Galician collinar heaths same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 F4.2421 Luso-Galician collinar heaths same
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