East Mediterranean phrygana

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Common name:

Habitat code:

F7.3

Description:

Spiny shrublands, widespread at low and middle altitudes in the eastern Mediterranean and Anatolian regions. [Sarcopoterium spinosum] is a common dominant in the Aegean region.

References:

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

Important species scientific name	Corresponding species comments
Sarcopoterium spinosum (Linnaeus, 1753) Spach, 1846	Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Zelkova abelicea (Lam., 1785) Boiss., 1879	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	Sarcopoterium spinosum phryganas	5420

Next sub-divisions
EUNIS Code	Type Name	Name
F7.33	Thracian phrygana	Thracian phrygana
F7.34	East Mediterranean bathas	East Mediterranean bathas
F7.31	Aegean phrygana	Aegean phrygana
F7.32	Mid-elevation phrygana of Crete	Mid-elevation phrygana of Crete