Clear-felled or burnt land that has previously supported a deciduous or coniferous forest. Includes forest with successional vegetation dominated by shrubs provided that these will soon be overtopped by a tree canopy. Clearings with herbaceous vegetation are considered part of R57 Herbaceous forest clearing vegetation although that may be a temporary stage before tree cover returns.
[This habitat could not be formally defined in the expert system because it cannot be distinguished from various shrubland habitats based on the vegetation-plot data.]
Chytrý M., Tichý L., Hennekens S.M., Knollová I., Janssen J.A.M., Rodwell J.S. … Schaminée J.H.J. (2020) EUNIS Habitat Classification: expert system, characteristic species combinations and distribution maps of European habitats. Applied Vegetation Science 23: 648–675. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12519
Version 2021-06-01, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4812736.
For the official presentation of the EUNIS Habitat Classification from the European Environment Agency, please see: EUNIS Terrestrial Habitat Classification 2021. The FloraVeg.EU presentation may show modifications and partial updates to the habitat classification.