[Phoenix] groves

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Common name:

Palm groves

Habitat code:

G2.5

Description:

Woods, often riparian, formed by palm trees of the Mediterranean and Macaronesian zones, [Phoenix theophrasti] of Crete and western Anatolia, and [Phoenix canariensis] of the Canary Islands.

References:

Devillers, P., Devillers-Terschuren, J. and Vander Linden, C., 2001

Important species scientific name	Corresponding species comments
Centaurea attica megarensis (Halàcsy & Hayek) Dostàl, 1806	Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000
Phoenix canariensis hort. ex Chabaud
Phoenix theophrasti Greuter, 1967	Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000
Ruscus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1753	Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000
Fritillaria conica Boiss., 1846	Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000
Fritillaria obliqua Ker Gawl., 1805	Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000
Cephalanthera cucullata Boiss. & Heldr., 1853	Annex II species - habitat relation; source Unit of Vegetation Science, Lancaster, 2000
Ophrys argolica Fleischm., 1919	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	Palm groves of Phoenix	9370
Bern Convention 1996	TEMPERATE BROAD-LEAVED EVERGREEN FORESTS	45

Palm groves

Next sub-divisions
EUNIS Code	Type Name	Name
G2.51	Cretan palm groves	Cretan [Phoenix theophrasti] groves