S5-1P - Landes méditerranéennes à Ajonc

Mediterranean gorse-heaths

Classification des habitats EUNIS 2022

Descriptif de l'habitat

Western Mediterranean formations, for the most part limited to the lower meso-mediterranean and thermo-mediterranean zones of the western Iberian peninsula, with outposts in western Morocco, dominated by gorse (Ulex spp., Stauracanthus spp.) of thermo-Mediterranean affinities, or by the spiny, globular broom Genista hirsuta, accompanied by a cortège of plants characteristic of the meso- and thermo-mediterranean cistus maquis (S51D), thermo-mediterranean scrub (S51J) or, occasionally, meso-mediterranean garrigues (F6.1 of EUNIS 2012 now overlapping with S61 and S62). Other thermo-mediterranean gorse formations will be found among the more specialised extreme southern Iberian endemic communities listed under S541, S51Q, S51R, S542, S515, S51T.

Bibliography

 European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity, 2021. EUNIS terrestrial habitat classification 2021 including crosswalks. ETC/BD-EEA. Table Excel transmise par S. Hennekens (Alterra) le 14/02/2022. (Source)