Concept: Hedgehog-heaths in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/F7.4
Preferred label Hedgehog-heaths
Definition Primary cushion heaths of the high, dry mountains of the Mediterranean region and Anatolia, with low, cushion-forming, often spiny shrubs, in particular of genera [Acantholimon], [Astragalus], [Erinacea], [Vella], [Bupleurum], [Ptilotrichum], [Genista], [Echinospartum], [Anthyllis], and various composites and labiates; secondary, zoogenic cushion heaths of the same regions, either downslope extensions of the high-altitude formations, and dominated by the same species, or specifically montane or steppic, often [Genista]-dominated in the Mediterranean region. Excluded are cushion-heaths of thermo-Mediterranean lowlands (F7.1, F7.2 and F7.3).
Notation F7.4
Status Valid
Status Modified 2014-01-31
Accepted Date 2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Has broader
Has narrower
Has exact match