Concept: Castilian encinares in the eunishabitats vocabulary

Concept URI http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/G2.12422
Preferred label Castilian encinares
Definition More northern, upper meso-Mediterranean and lower supra-Mediterranean [Quercus rotundifolia] formations, poorer in Mediterranean species, of the western plateaux of Old Castile and adjacent southern Leon and Galicia; [Genista hystrix] is a physiognomically striking element. Also essentially eliminated as forest formations, these woodlands constitute, together with the preceding unit, the basis for the western Iberian dehesa, one of the most characteristic landscapes of the peninsula and an importand habitat of larger fauna.
Notation G2.12422
Status Valid
Status Modified 2014-01-31
Accepted Date 2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
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