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English translation: Kermes oak shrubland

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12:29 Dec 18, 2009

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Science - Botany / Guide book

French term or phrase: brousse à kermès

Hello,
This comes from a guide book for the Hérault area and here is describing the local vegetation. Am having problems finding a translation for brousse à kermès as in the following extract:
Ce terrain favorise le développement des Garrigues les plus remarquables du Parc. Elles sont dominées par la brousse à kermès et de vastes étendues de pelouses à brachypodes, particulièrement riches en herbacées...
many thanks in advance for any help,
Anne

Anne Greaves KudoZ activity Questions: 288 (3 open) (7 without valid answers) (32 closed without grading) Answers: 18 United Kingdom
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English translation:Kermes oak shrubland

Explanation:
HéraultMain affluents of the River Hérault (mean rate of flow 4.5 m3/s): ... garrigues (shrubland) of varying density with a predominance of downy oak, kermes oak ...
portal.unesco.org/.../ev.php-URL_ID=3783&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html -

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Kermes oak shrubland

SJLD

4 +2

Kermes Oak scrubland

Carol Gullidge

4 +1

Kermes Oak (Quercus coccifera)

Michael Lotz

kermes oak brushland

Lorna Coing

Kermes oak bushland

Gabrielle Leyden

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Kermes oak shrubland

SJLD
Local time: 07:44
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Kermes Oak (Quercus coccifera)

Explanation:
large schrub, see picture in chêne_kermès reference below.

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chêne_kermès

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Note added at 15 minutes (2009-12-18 12:44:57 GMT)
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http://www.slowfood.fr/bulletin/brousserove09.pdf

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermes_Oak

Michael Lotz
United States
Local time: 01:44
Native speaker of:

English

16 mins confidence:

kermes oak brushland

Explanation:
I remember reading in a guide book about typical Mediterranean landscapes and came across the term 'kermes oak brushland', which is typical of the region. Apparently, the Kermes oak (as opposed to a normal oak tree) is a shrub which grows to under 2m tall.
So although I'm not a botanical expert by any stretch of the imagination, I thought this might help??!

Lorna Coing
France
Local time: 07:44
Native speaker of:

English

19 mins confidence:

Kermes oak bushland

Explanation:
Quercus coccifera = chêne kermès - gets its name from the scale insect (cochenille, kermès) that is its common parasite - See wikipedia. Probably not bushland in Europe, maybe just Kermes oak stands/forests (they are bushes, not trees).

This should set you on the right path. Have you tried the EU biotopes nomenclature?

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-12-18 13:44:36 GMT)
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shrubland, indeed, not bush(land)
for future reference: Corine biotopes manual
http://biodiversity-chm.eea.europa.eu/information/document/F...

Reference: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%AAne_kerm%C3%A8s
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_coccifera

Gabrielle Leyden
Local time: 07:44
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English
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Kermes Oak scrubland

Explanation:
Changing of Cell Wall Fractions of Kermes Oak (Quercus coccifera L ...
by kermes oak scrubland. Corresponding Author: Veysel Ayhan, Faculty of Agriculture, Süleyman Demirel University, Eastern Campus,. 32260 Isparta, Turkey ...
scialert.net/pdfs/ajava/2009/22-27.pdf
Changing of Cell Wall Fractions of Kermes Oak (<I>Quercus ...
Goat husbandry and to some extent sheep husbandry, depends on both browse and herbage produced by kermes oak scrubland. The Ministry of Environment and ...
scialert.net/fulltext/?doi=ajava.2009.22.27 - Cached
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mythcolour: kermes oak and madder
and about insects: of course the kermes oak is the host of one of the most ... It is considered unproductive and ugly, and the scrub land that is called ...
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[PDF] Small ruminants as manipulators of brown hare (Lepus europaeus ...
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Grasslands constituted the main feeding habitat for hare, while kermes oak stands were used mainly for shelter. Reducing the scrubland area and creating ...
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vegetation types: an Olm oak Quercus ilex scrubland; a Kermes oak Quercus cocci- .... Kermes scrubland was not sampled. So matrices of 264 statistical ...
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Humus Forms in Mediterranean Scrublands with Aleppo Pine ...
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... shrubby vegetation, such as rosemary, kermes oak (Quercus coccifera L.), ... Some young isolated pine trees established themselves in the scrubland ...
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Lagunas de Archidona Natural Reserve, Flora and Fauna of Andalucía ...
Surrounding the reserve is Mediterranean woodland, with holm and Kermes oaks, and scrubland, with gorse, rock roses and hawthorn. ...
www.andalucia.com/environment/protect/archidona.htm

Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:44
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English

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