| Concept URI | http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/G1.214 |
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| Preferred label | Northern Iberian [Alnus] galleries |
| Definition | Riparian alder or ash-alder woods of collinar and montane streams of the northern Iberian peninsula, with a pronounced medio-European influence marked in particular by the presence of [Fraxinus excelsior] (and not [Fraxinus angustifolia]). They are characteristic of streams originating in the Pyrenees, the Cantabrian Cordillera, the Northern Galician mountains and the Catalonian ranges. The canopy may include [Ulmus glabra], [Quercus robur] and tall willows; the undergrowth contains [Sambucus nigra], [Corylus avellana], [Cornus sanguinea], [Rubus caesius], [Carex pendula], [Carex remota], [Festuca gigantea], [Bromus ramosus], [Lathraea clandestina], [Circaea lutetiana], [Hypericum androsaemum], [Solanum dulcamara], [Valeriana pyrenaica], [Lysimachia nemorum], [Saxifraga hirsuta], [Galanthus nivalis], [Athyrium filix-femina], [Dryopteris dilatata], [Osmunda regalis], [Equisetum telmateia]. |
| Notation | G1.214 |
| Status | Valid |
| Status Modified | 2014-01-31 |
| Accepted Date | 2014-01-31 |
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