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Macaronesian heaths

English name: Macaronesian heaths

Heaths of the Canary Islands, Azores and Madeira.

EUNIS habitat type	code F4.3
Bern Convention	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Legal status

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]

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	Endemic macaronesian heaths	4050	Same	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm

Name	Definition	Alternatives	Reftext
Daboecion azoricae Lüpnitz 1975	High-altitude hyperhumid heath of Azores		Schaminee et al, 2012
Myrico fayae-Ericion arboreae Oberd. 1965	Canarian seral ericacous matorral of laurisilva zone	Fayo-Ericion arboreae Oberd. 1965 (orig. form); Myrico fayae-Ericion canariensis Oberd. 1965 corr. Rivas-Mart. et al. 2011	Schaminee et al, 2012

Not available

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	31.3	Macaronesian heaths	same
CORINE Land Cover	3.2.2.	Moors and heathland	n/a

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

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	F4.3	Macaronesian heaths	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	F4.3	Macaronesian heaths	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	F4.3	Macaronesian heaths	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	F4.3	Macaronesian heaths	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	F4.3	Macaronesian heaths	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	F4.3	Macaronesian heaths	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	31.3	Macaronesian heaths	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	31.3	Macaronesian heaths	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	31.3		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	31.3		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	31.3		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	31.3		same