StN DATABASE: CONTENT AND GLOSSARY OF ... - Pollinators

calcareous (karstic) mountain pine forest, mountain pine forest: CORINE 42.411
CORINE 42.411: outer alpine alpenrose mountain pine forests. Rhododendro ferruginei-Pinetum
uncinatae. Pinus mugo ssp.uncinata forests occupying hard limestone plateaux of the outer Alps, in the
Chablais, the Aravis, the Bauges, the Chartreuse, the Vercors, the Dévoluy, in which the almost pure
calcareous bedrock is largely covered by a layer of raw humus supporting an acidophilous undergrowth
dominated by Rhododendron ferrugineum, Vaccinium myrtillus, V.vitis-idaea and V.uliginosum,
accompanied by Empetrum hermaphroditum, Huperzia selago, Selaginella spinosa, Cladonia
rangifera, Homogyne alpine, Bartsia alpine, Astrantia minor.
calc., moraine and scree: moraine and scree derived from calcareous rock and with some pioneer
vegetation, including Drabion hoppeanae, Petasition parradoxi, Thlaspion rotundifolii (Delarze et al,
1998), but excluding thermophilous scree.
Caledonian forest, humid Pinus sylvestris, coniferous forest: relict, indigenous pine forests of Pinus
sylvestris var.scotica, endemic in the central and north-eastern Grampians and the northern and western
Highlands of Scotland. CORINE 42.51.
These forests frequently have associated Betula and Juniperus. The species coding for Caledonian
forest does not take into account the associated Betula. In using the Macrohabitats Table, Caledonian
forest sites exhibiting significant quantities of Betula should also be regarded as Betula forest.
CORINE 42.51: mostly open Pinus sylvestris forests with a ground layer rich in ericaceous species and
bryophytes, in particular Hylocomium splendens, and often harbouring abundant Deschampsia
flexuosa, Goodyera repens, Listera cordata, Corallorhiza trifida, Linnaea borealuis, Trientalis
europaea, Pyrola minor, Moneses uniflora and Orthilia secunda. Accompanying dominant trees are
Sorbus aucuparia, Betula pubescens, B.pendula, Juniperus communis, Ilex aquifolium and Populus
tremula. (EU Habitats Directive, Natura 2000 code: 91C0).
canal edge, edge of running freshwater: land-water interface of slow-moving artificial waterways, unfaced
with stone. CORINE 89.21.
CORINE 89.21: NAVIGABLE CANALS
cane beds, reed/tall sedge beds: southern European cane beds of temporary water courses and
intermittent high ground-water level: CORINE 53.61-62
CORINE 53.61: Ravenna cane communities; Mediterranean tall cane formations of temporary water
courses, formed by Imperata cylindrica, Saccharum (Erianthus) ravennae, S.strictum, Arundo plinii.
CORINE 53.62: Provence cane beds; very tall formations of the long-introduced Arundo donax along
water courses.
canopy trees, urban park: individuals or stands of mature/overmature canopy trees, often with
ornamental flowers (e.g. Aesculus, Castanea, Tilia), or contrasting growth forms and foliage (e.g.
Cupressus, Fraxinus, Pinus, Populus, Taxus). CORINE 85.11: Park woodlots
cattle, heavily-grazed improved grassland: cropping of ground vegetation by cattle, resulting in
reduction in general sward height to less than 5cm
cereals, crops: monoculturally sown stands of species of Avena, Hordeum, Secale, Triticum or Zea
produced as grain crops and involving seeding into cultivated (or stubble) ground, control of weeds,
diseases and pests by chemical, mechanical and/or cultural methods, nutrient application in the form of
inorganic fertiliser or organic manures, harvesting at grain maturation and post-harvest recultivation
cliff and rock (gen.): cliffs and expanses of rock, including horizontal surfaces, bare or vegetated,
weathered or unweathered.
closed, xeric/semi-arid, unimproved grassland: unimproved dry grassland with a dense sward and no
exposed rock/loose stones. CORINE 34.3 (except 34.321).
CORINE 34.3: DENSE PERENNIAL GRASSLANDS AND MIDDLE EUROPEAN STEPPES;
Festuco-Brometea; Dry closed thermophilous grasslands of middle European or Mediterranean
lowlands and hills, up to the montane zone, dominated by perennial grasses; steppic grasslands of
continental middle European affinities.
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