Pyrenean hedgehog-heath Scots pine woods

Common name:
Pyrenean hedgehog-heath Scots pine woods
Habitat code:
G3.4A1
Description:

Woods or prewoods of adrets in the montane level of calcareous ranges of the southern flank of the central Pyrenees, with usually low and contorted [Pinus sylvestris] accompanied by a hedgehog-heath (cf. unit 31.71) of [Echinospartum horridum], [Buxus sempervirens], [Juniperus hemisphaerica].

Important species scientific name Corresponding species comments
Pinus sylvestris Linnaeus, 1753 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Juniperus communis hemisphaerica (Presl, 1822) Nyman, 1881 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Buxus sempervirens Linnaeus, 1753 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Echinospartum horridum (Vahl) Rothm. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising