Greek Biodiversity
Community-Biotope

Eastern Mediterranean oak matorral

General Information Species Natura
Common name:
Eastern Mediterranean oak matorral
Habitat code:
F5.114
Description:

Evergreen oak arborescent matorral of the Dalmatian coastlands, Montenegro and Albania, of continental Greece and its archipelagoes, of Cyprus, Asia Minor and the Levant, dominated by [Quercus ilex] or [Quercus coccifera] ([Quercus calliprinos]), developed on either siliceous or calcareous substrates.

References:
Devillers, P., Devillers-Terschuren, J. and Vander Linden, C., 2001 Tsiourlis G., Konstantinidis P. & P. Xofis, 2009 Schedl W., 1999 Gerasimidis A. & G. Korakis, 2009
Important species scientific name Corresponding species comments
Quercus ilex Linnaeus, 1753 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Quercus coccifera Linnaeus, 1753 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758
Euplagia quadripunctaria (Poda, 1761)
Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758
Sylvia cantillans (Pallas, 1764)
Lacerta trilineata Bedriaga, 1886
Lacerta viridis (Laurenti, 1768)
Podarcis tauricus (Pallas, 1814)
Podarcis muralis (Laurenti, 1768)
Podarcis erhardii (Bedriaga, 1882)
Podarcis peloponnesiacus (Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833)
Malpolon insignitus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827)
Podarcis cretensis (Wettstein, 1952)
Meles meles arcalus Miller, 1907
Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sylvia melanocephala (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
Meles meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758)
Testudo hermanni Gmelin, 1789
Sylvia rueppelli Temminck, 1823
Pseudosphegesthes bergeri Sama, 1982
Scolopendra cretica Attems, 1902
Eupolybothrus litoralis (L. Koch, 1867)
Tettigetta dimissa (Hagen, 1856)
Lyristes plebejus (Scopoli, 1763)
Cicada orni Linnaeus, 1758
Clinopodes flavidus C.L. Koch, 1847
Bothriogaster signata (Kessler, 1874)
Sites in which this biotope type has been recorded
EUNIS Site Code Source Greek Natura 2000 code Site name
A00050011 GR4330004 PRASIANO FARAGGI - PATSOS - SFAKORYAKO REMA - PARALIA RETHYMNOU KAI EKVOLI GEROPOTAMOU
A00010054 GR2420002 OROS DIRFYS: DASOS STENIS - DELFI
A00010085 GR4210008 KOS: AKROTIRI LOUROS - LIMNI PSALIDI - OROS DIKAIOS - ALYKI
A00060049 GR2530005 ORI GERANEIA
A00010062 GR2540001 ORI GIDOVOUNI, CHIONOVOUNI, GAIDOUROVOUNI, KORAKIA, KALOGEROVOUNI, KOULOCHERA KAI PERIOCHI MONEMBASIAS
A00040044 GR2420005 TELETHRIO - LICHADA - GIALTRA
A00020011 A00020011 ETHNIKOS DRYMOS PARNITHAS KAI PERIOCHES LIMIKO - SALONIKI
A00030067 GR4210006 RODOS: PROFITIS ILIAS - EPTA PIGES - PETALOUDES
GR4210007 GR4210007 NISYROS KAI STRONGYLI
GR4340007 GR4340007 FARAGGI THERISSOU