Corsican yew woods

English name: Corsican yew woods

Description (English)

Formations of Taxus baccata, Ilex aquifolium, Buxus sempervirens, restricted to cool, montane areas in the Tenda range, the San Pedrone range and the Cap Corse mountains.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code G3.972
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (G3.9)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Conifers Taxus baccata
Flowering Plants Buxus sempervirens
Flowering Plants Ilex aquifolium
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Taxus baccata Conifers
Buxus sempervirens Flowering Plants
Ilex aquifolium Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 42.A72 Corsican yew woods source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 G3.972 Corsican yew woods same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 G3.972 Corsican yew woods same
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