Concept: Winter Deciduous in the eagle vocabulary

Concept URI https://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/landcover/eagle/LCH-winter-deciduous
Preferred label Winter Deciduous
Definition The plant loses its leaves/needles yearly at the end of every vegetation period. Winter deciduous plants lose their leaves because of freezing temperatures in winter times, when water turns into ice below 0° C and could not circulate anymore within the plant, and would also destroy plant tissue during freezing.
Notation LCH-winter-deciduous
Status Valid
Status Modified 2023-11-29
Accepted Date 2023-11-29
Not Accepted Date
isParameter
  • false
isHeader
  • false
code
  • LCH-3_2_2_1
parent
LC/LU Relevance
  • LC
Thematic Domain Context
  • AGRI, FRST, HABT