Concept: Thermo-Mediterranean heaths in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/F5.5C
Preferred label Thermo-Mediterranean heaths
Definition Closed formations of heather, gorse and halimium constituting the extensive "monte negro" of the Coto DoƱana; alternating with the xerophile "monte blanco" (unit F5.5A1), they occupy deep, sandy, oligotrophic soils with a water table close to the surface; their composition includes an admixture of thermo-Mediterranean and Atlantic heath species together with local endemics. Particularly characteristic in the Guadalquivir area, they are locally represented north to the Sado-Tago river area of coastal Portugal.
Notation F5.5C
Status Valid
Status Modified 2014-01-31
Accepted Date 2014-01-31
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