Greek Biodiversity
Community-Biotope

Pyrenean xerophile Scots pine forests

General Information Species Natura
Common name:
Pyrenean xerophile Scots pine forests
Habitat code:
G3.4B1
Description:

Montane and lower subalpine [Pinus sylvestris] or [Pinus sylvestris] and [Pinus uncinata] forests of dry adrets of the southern flanks of the Pyrenees and of the Val d’Aran, with a shrub layer comprising [Juniperus hemisphaerica], [Cytisus purgans], [Buxus sempervirens] and an herb layer dominated by [Deschampsia flexuosa], accompanied by, among others, [Veronica officinalis].

References:
Devillers, P., Devillers-Terschuren, J. and Vander Linden, C., 2001
Important species scientific name Corresponding species comments
Pinus uncinata Mill. ex Mirb. Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Pinus sylvestris Linnaeus, 1753 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Juniperus communis hemisphaerica (Presl, 1822) Nyman, 1881 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Buxus sempervirens Linnaeus, 1753 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Veronica officinalis Linnaeus, 1753 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Deschampsia flexuosa (Linnaeus, 1753) Trin., 1836 Species mentioned in habitat definition as characterising
Sites in which this biotope type has been recorded
EUNIS Site Code Source Greek Natura 2000 code Site name
B00000104 B00000104 RONCESVALLES-IRATI-BELAGUA-LARRA