Temperate thickets and scrubs

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Common name:

Habitat code:

F3.1

Description:

Successional and plagioclimax scrub, mostly deciduous, of Atlantic, sub-Atlantic or subcontinental affinities, characteristic of the nemoral zone, but also colonizing cool, moist or disturbed stations of the mediterranean evergreen forest zone. Included are thickets of [Buxus sempervirens], [Corylus avellana], [Cytisus scoparius], [Juniperus communis] and [Prunus spinosa].

References:

Hill, M.O., Moss, D. & Davies, C.E., 2004

Important species scientific name	Corresponding species comments
Leucobryum glaucum (Hedw.) Ångstr., 1845	Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000
Juniperus communis Linnaeus, 1753	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Buxus sempervirens Linnaeus, 1753	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Gypsophila papillosa Porta, 1905	Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000
Corylus avellana Linnaeus, 1753	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Dracocephalum austriacum Linnaeus, 1753	Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000
Prunus spinosa Linnaeus, 1753	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Galanthus nivalis Linnaeus, 1735	Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000
Fritillaria gussichiae (Degen & Dörfl.) Rix, 1845	Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000
Cypripedium calceolus Linnaeus, 1753	Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000

Code in legal instrument
Legal instrument	Habitat type legal name	Habitat type legal code
EU Habitats Directive Annex I	Stable xerothermophilous formations with Buxus sempervirens on rock slopes (Berberidion pp)	5110

Next sub-divisions
EUNIS Code	Type Name	Name
F3.17	Hazel thickets	[Corylus] thickets
F3.12	Box thickets	[Buxus sempervirens] thickets
F3.16	Common juniper scrub	[Juniperus communis] scrub

Sites in which this biotope type has been recorded
EUNIS Site Code	Source	Greek Natura 2000 code	Site name
196469		196469	Krajinski park GoriÄko