Herbaceous crops

Agricultural areas with marked seasonality, dictated by human activity according to the different types of crops. Exogenous energy is used to favour a relatively low number of plants, or just one. They include intensive and extensive mountain or lowland crops. Rice paddies also belong to this habitat type.

Herbaceous crops are found throughout the territory, under a diversity of climatic conditions, and for this reason they harbour a relatively high diversity of butterflies. However, only a few generalists such as Carcharodus and other skippers, and the ubiquitous Pieris rapae, prefer this habitat.

Species that have been found in the habitat within the CBMS network are shown in descending order of preference. The Highlights tab indicates those species with ≥ 5% of their total abundance (standardized to 100 m) concentrated in that habitat. The Species List tab displays a table with the percent density of each species in the habitat (compared to the rest of the CBMS habitat types). Transects shows in descending order the percentage cover of this habitat type for each itinerary in the CBMS network, with the number of botanical characterizations available in the Years column. The Communities tab lists the CORINE codes and names of the plant communities that have been included in this habitat type. This table also gives the area (in m²) occupied by each plant community in the network as a whole.

• Highlights (113)
• Species (125)
• Transects (86)
• CORINE communities (4)

Illustrations by Richard Lewington from Tolman & Lewington (1997) Butterflies of Britain and Europe, translated and published in Spanish by Lynx Edicions.

References

• Bueno, D., Ballesteros, E., Masalles, R.M., Martí, E., 2013. Atles dels Ecosistemes dels Països Catalans. Història Natural dels Països Catalans v.13. Enciclopèdia Catalana